Agri-food exports up 22% in nine months: Official
Iran exported agricultural and food products worth more than $4.3 billion to 130 countries during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023 to December 21, 2023), announced an Iranian official.
Spokesman for the Trade Promotion Commission of Iran’s House of Industry, Mine and Trade Rouhollah Latifi said on Monday that more than six million metric tons (mt) of agricultural, horticultural, livestock, fishery, and food products, worth $4.31 billion, were exported during the nine-month period, adding that the shipments had increased by 7.2% in volume, and by 22% in value year-on-year.
Latifi added that some 4.36 million mt of products worth $2.56 billion were agricultural, horticultural, and summer crops, which showed a 25.4% growth in value, and a 1.6% decrease in volume, compared to the same period last year, IRNA reported.
Moreover, some 627,000 mt of dairy, fisheries, and livestock products, worth $914 million, were exported in the nine months to late December, a 27% growth in weight, and a 13.3% growth in value, compared to the same period last year, he said.
The official added that some 1.0 million mt of industrial foods, worth $836 million, were also exported during the same period, indicating a 26% growth in weight, and a 21% growth in value year-on-year.