Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 1
By Rahim Zamanov - Trend:
Iran Customs Administration reported that the country exported more than 17,000 tons of pistachio and saffron worth $122.1 million in the eighth calendar month of the current Iranian year (October 23 - November 22).
Iran exported 12,400 tons of 'smiling pistachio' worth over $98.2 million in the mentioned month, which is 40 per cent less than the same month of the previous year, the Fars News Agency reported.
Iran's total pistachio exports this month stood at $105.9 million.
The country's total saffron exports in the eighth calendar month amounted to $16.2 million.
Iran exported 32,300 tons of 'smiling pistachio' worth over $265.8 million in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21.
The figures show 21.28 and 22.57 percent decrease in terms of value and weight, respectively, compared to the same period of the previous year, the ISNA News Agency reported.
Pistachio was Iran's 13th biggest export item in the mentioned period.
Iran exported pistachio to 55 countries. China, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Vietnam, Russia, Germany, Turkey, Afghanistan, and India were the main 10 destination countries for Iran's exported pistachio.
Iran totally exported 42,200 tons of pistachio worth $377.3 million in the first seven months of the current year.
Head of Iran's Pistachio Producers and Exporters Union said earlier this month that Iran produced 140,000 tons of pistachio in the current Iranian calendar year.
"The figure is 25 percent less than the predicted amount," the ISNA News Agency quoted Mohsen Jalalpour as saying.