Pistachio, tomato and watermelon in the top 3 Iranian exports in 11 months

Published May 7, 2023

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From the 2022-2023 season's 11-month period, Iran witnessed substantial agricultural exports, with pistachios leading at over $360 million. Following this, tomatoes, dates, and watermelons contributed significantly to the exports, totaling $283.64 million, $261.78 million, and $183.65 million respectively. Watermelons were the highest in volume at 840,350 tons, followed by tomatoes with 610,170 tons. However, pistachio exports have seen a decline since the 2007-2008 season, when they reached a record high of 265,000 tons. Despite this, Iran exports approximately 80% of its total pistachio crop, with countries such as Vietnam, Hong Kong, Germany, UAE, India, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey being its main markets.

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According to the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture, for the 11 months of the 2022-2023 season, pistachio exports amounted to more than $360 million in value terms. Tomatoes ($283.64 million), dates ($261.78 million) and watermelons ($183.65 million) were next in terms of sales in terms of money. It is reported by Fruit-inform with reference to FreshPlaza. The leader in terms of exports in physical terms was watermelons, the volume of foreign supplies of which amounted to 840,350 tons, followed by tomatoes (610,170 tons), apples 549,220 tons), onions and garlic (393,650 tons) and dates (309,260 tons) . Overall, pistachio exports from Iran have been declining since the 2007-2008 season, when they hit a record high of 265,000 tons. See also: Why did Iran record a record reduction in pistachio exports? According to the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture of the country, Dariush Salempur, in the previous fiscal year (from March 21, 2021 to March 20, 2022), the volume of ...

Source: Eastfruit