In the first five months of 2023, the North Caucasian Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor has overseen the export of 300 tons of safflower seeds to Iran, marking the first time this crop has been exported since the previous year. The export was meticulously inspected by Rosselkhoznadzor, with samples analyzed by laboratories to ensure they met quarantine phytosanitary conditions and were free from specific pests such as the caryopses of the Callosobruchus genus, kapr beetle, and broad-bodied granary weevil.