July 18, 2021 13:29

$320m Worth of Apple Exported

As per the decision of the Market Regulation Headquarters, the import of bananas is conditioned on the export of apples, and traders could obtain a license to register an import order for 1 kg of bananas for export of every 3 kg of apples

A total of 375,407 tons of banana worth $255.31 million were imported into Iran in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2021).
Turkey with $129.8 million, India with $54.3 million, Ecuador with $34 million, the Philippines with $33.8 million, Pakistan with $2.7 million, the UAE with $434,000, Russia with $48,000 and Vietnam with $35,000 were the main exporters of banana to Iran in the last fiscal year, according to the spokesperson of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.
Banana imports stood at 136,133 tons worth $92.88 million in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), Rouhollah Latifi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.

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