Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 15
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:
In the first seven months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), Iran exported 3.673 million tons of agricultural products worth $3.351 billion, Payam Naser Qodsi, an official with Iran's Trade Promotion Organization, said, IRNA reported.
Compared to the same period of previous year, the exports increased 16.5 percent in terms of value and 18 percent in terms of weight, Qodsi said.
In last six years, there has been a growth in agricultural exports, excluding raisins and pistachios.
"Date export has kept the upward trend. So, during the first seven months of the current year, Iran exported 151,000 tons of dates worth $179 million. The main market for Iranian dates is India. In 2017 and 2018, India was the largest date importing country in the world. And this proves that we are aiming at the right market," he added.
