Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 15/ Trend F.Milad/
Iran has imported more than 3.7 million tons of wheat, corn and barley in the first 10 months of the current calendar year, started on March 21, 2011, ILNA news agency reported.
During the aforementioned period, some 9200 tons of wheat has also been exported, the report added. Wheat production in Iran reached about 13.5 million tons in 2011 indicating no change compared to the figure for 2010.
According to a report released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Iran imported 1.3 million tons of wheat in the current year which shows an increase of 100,000 tons compared to the figure for the previous year of 1.2 million tons.
According to the report, total wheat reserves of the country dropped from three million tons in 2010 to 2.1 million tons in the current year.
Iran also produced 3.7 million tons of barley in 2011 and the figure shows no change compared to the amount for 2010. The report put the amount of Iran's barley imports in 2011 at 400,000 tons which is equal to the figure for 2010.
Iran's corn production also rose from one million tons in 2010 to 1.3 million tons in 2011 which shows a 30 per cent increase.
A growth in domestic corn production helped reduce the import of the agro product to Iran from 3.4 million tons in 2010 to three million tons in 2011. Production of other types of grain in Iran increased from 4.7 million tons in 2010 to five million tons in 2011.
About 2325 million tons of grain have been produced in the world since the beginning of 2011 showing an increase of 3.7 per cent compared to the figure for the past year which was 2241 million tons.