4.5 Tons of Caviar Exported Last Year

Of the 12 tons of caviar produced in Iran in the year ending March 2021, 4.5 tons worth $6 million were exported, Isa Golshahi, an official with Iran Fisheries Organization, said.
“In addition 3,500 tons of sturgeon meat was produced last year of which 1,000 tons worth $10 million was exported,” he was quoted as saying by IRNA.   
Forty-five percent of Iran’s caviar output is exported and rest is used locally as nutritional food and in cosmetics products, the Golshahi said.  
He elaborated that almost 65% of Iran’s caviar is purchased by European companies. “Russia is one of the biggest customers of Iran’s sturgeon meat.