Why Iran has cut pistachio exports to a record high
Pistachio Kernel
Iran
Published Mar 15, 2023
Tridge summary
Climate change has caused severe drought in Iran. 85% of the country's territory is considered "arid" or "semi-arid" zone. This led to a drop in pistachio production and exports. It is reported by Fruit-inform with reference to Fructidor.com. According to the ICC (Iranian Chamber of Cooperatives), the country exported just over 46,000 tons of pistachios in the first 10 months (March 21, 2022 - January 20, 2023) of the current Iranian calendar year.
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Climate change has caused severe drought in Iran. 85% of the country's territory is considered "arid" or "semi-arid" zone. This led to a drop in pistachio production and exports. This is reported by Fruit-inform with reference to Fructidor.com. According to the ICC (Iranian Chamber of Cooperatives), the country exported just over 46,000 tons of pistachios in the first 10 months (March 21, 2022 - January 20, 2023) of the current Iranian calendar year. This volume is very low compared to 135,322 tons exported for the entire Iranian year 2021-22. Earlier, in the period 2020/2021, about 203,637 tons of nuts ...
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