Iran’s nine-month exports of aquatics tops 100k tons
Iran exported 102,352 tons of fishery products worth $228.332 million in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-December 21, 2023), announced the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Promotion Committee of Iran’s House of Industry, Mine and Trade.
According to Rouhollah Latifi, the country exported 328 tons of ornamental fish, 14,036 tons of carp, 10,765 tons of trout, 349 tons of halwa fish and 5,672 tons of flounder in the above-mentioned nine months, IRIB reported.
Iran’s aquaculture industry is on a wave of progress and has world ranking in the production of some fishery products.
According to the head of the Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO), the country exported $600 million worth of fishery products in the previous Iranian year.
Announcing a positive balance of $520 million in the previous year, Hossein Hosseini said that there is a capacity of up to $2 billion in exports for the country’s fishery industry.
It is worth mentioning that the growth and development of Iran’s aquaculture industry has reached a point where the country has become a model for the countries of the region and the world.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) believes that Iran plays a pivotal role in the fishing and aquaculture industry in the region, so, for this reason, it can be considered a model for the countries of the region.