TEHRAN - The value of exports of Iran’s fishery sector will surpass $350 million in the current calendar year, which began on March 20, the deputy agriculture minister said.
“The exports stood at $210 million last year,” Gholamreza Razeqi said, the IRNA News Agency reported.
Some 4,000 tons of shrimp, valued at around $17 million, was exported last year to the UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon, Australia and Spain, he said, adding that infrastructures have been provided to export 500 kilograms of caviar in the current year.
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