BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 1. Iran's export of fish and related aqua products increased by 67 percent in value and 27 percent in volume, during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through December 21, 2022), compared to the same period last Iranian year, Iranian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad and the Chairman of Iran Fisheries Organization Hossein Hosseini said, Trend reports citing the organization.
Hosseini noted that in total, 166,000 tons of fish and related products worth $520 million were exported from the country in 9 months.
The deputy minister added that the country's fishery products were exported to various countries, mainly Russia, China, Iraq, Afghanistan and Kazakhstan.
Iran exported 166,000 tons of fish and related products worth $556 million over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022), which is an increase of 27 percent in value and 67 percent in volume compared to the preceding Iranian year (March 20, 2020 through March 20, 2021).
In general, about 1.26 million tons of fish and related products were farmed and caught in Iran last Iranian year. Of this, 557,000 tons were farmed and 752,000 tons were caught.
Overall, 1.46 million tons of fish and fishery products are planned to be farmed and caught in Iran for the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023).
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