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.jpg) SHAHRE KORD - Iran exported $5.8 billion worth of food and agricultural products in the past Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20, the head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) announced.
Some 949 million tons of food products, worth $1.6 billion, were exported, IRIB quoted the TPOI director, Hamid Safdel, as saying.
He put the value of the agricultural exports at $4.2 billion.
Based on statistics, Iran is ranked the 30th worldwide in terms of exporting food products, the official mentioned.
On January 20, IRNA quoted the Agriculture Ministry official Naser Tavakkoli as saying that Iran plans to increase its agricultural exports to 118 million tons in the current Iranian calendar year from 107 million tons in the past year.
Iran's agricultural exports grew last year, with pistachio and saffron sales almost doubling, despite Western sanctions on trade with the country, the Fars News Agency quoted Iran's deputy agriculture minister Jahangir Pourhemmat as saying on January 6.
Between March 21 and December 20, Iran's pistachio exports doubled to $587 million, making the nuts Iran's biggest agricultural export by value. Exports of saffron rose 87 percent to $213 million, according to Reuters.
"Export of farming products has increased 15 percent compared to the previous year, while the agricultural exports are still on the increase on a daily basis," Pourhemmat added.
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