Iran exports $10.4m stems of flower, ornamental plants
An official at Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture said that the official statistics show the country exported about 12,300 tons of ornamental plants and flowers, worth about $10.4 million, in the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022, to March 20, 2023).
Elham Fattahifar told IRNA that Iran produces over four billion flowers and ornamental plants, in an area of over 8,250 hectares of greenhouses and open spaces.
Some 610 billion ornamental plants and flowers are cultivated on 640,000 hectares throughout the world per annum, she said adding that Iran ranks fifth among nations in Asia, with the plantation of over 4.295 billion flowers and ornamental plants.
The statistics show that Iran produced ornamental plants and flowers worth around 940 billion rials (about $1.9 billion) in the Iranian year (March 21, 2021, to March 20, 2022), the official noted.
According to Fattahifar, the highest production level of ornamental plants and flowers in Iran belongs to Tehran Province, with 1,720 hectares under cultivation, followed by Mazandaran and Markazi provinces, with 1,322 hectares and 1,133 hectares, respectively.