A total of 1.37 million tons of fruit and vegetable worth $425 million were exported from Iran during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Aug. 21).
According to the spokesperson of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, a total of 289,135 tons of different kinds of fresh and dried fruit worth more than $183.75 million were exported to 43 countries during the period.
“Our main exported fruits were peach, apple, apricot, pear, cherry and sour cherry, nectarine, greengage, strawberry, mulberry, grape, kiwi, raspberry, pomegranate, barberry and jujube,” Rouhollah Latifi was also quoted as saying by Fars News Agency.
The spokesman noted that Iraq with $73.59 million, Russia with $70.03 million and the UAE with $6.62 million were the top three export destinations.
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