Mazandaran, Gilan Account for 71% of Iranian Rice Production

The northern Gilan and Mazandaram provinces account for 71% of Iran’s rice production, according to figures released in a recent report published by the Statistical Center of Iran.
The report shows Mazandaran accounts for 38% and Gilan for 33% of the country’s overall rice production.
The two provinces were followed by Khuzestan with 11% and Fars and Golestan with 4% each. The remaining 10% are cultivated in other Iranian provinces.
The report also shows that during the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), more than 1.96 million tons of rice were produced in Iran and around 1.65 million tons were imported.
Iranian households consumed more than 1.33 million tons of domestically produced rice and some 1.3 million tons of imported rice during the period under review.