Iran increases agricultural exports by 22% in first five months

The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) disclosed that Iran’s tomato exports attained a value of $177 million within the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21), positioning tomatoes as the second most exported agricultural commodity following pistachios. This period saw a 33 percent increase in the value of Iran’s agricultural product exports compared to the corresponding timeframe last year. According Tehran Times, a total of 2.657 million tons of agricultural goods, valued at $1.453 billion, were exported, marking a 22 percent rise in weight year on year.

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Earlier reports by the IRICA highlighted a 32 percent year-on-year increase in value for the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year, with agricultural exports totaling 2.226 million tons valued at $1.18 billion. Additionally, the previous Iranian calendar year witnessed a 22.5 percent increase in the value of agricultural and foodstuff product exports, totaling approximately $6.3 billion, as stated by Ruhollah Latifi, the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran’s House of Industry, Mining and Trade.

As reported, agro-food products accounted for 12.8 percent of the country’s total non-oil exports in the previous year.

Iraq was the top destination for Iran’s agro-food products in the mentioned year importing $1.986 billion worth of the said items. The Arab neighbor accounted for 31.5 percent of the total exports of food and agricultural products from Iran.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) stood in second place, importing $751 million of the mentioned products, followed by Russia with $521.5 million.

The value of Iran’s total foreign trade including oil and technical engineering services reached $153.17.8 billion in the last Iranian calendar year.