Raisin Exports Reach $230m in Fiscal 2020-21

A total of 176,000 tons of raisins worth $230 million were exported from Iran in the last Iranian year (March 2020-21), according to a deputy agriculture minister.
“Out of the total sum, around 35,000 tons were raisins produced in Malayer County of Hamedan Province, Iran’s grape production hub,” Mohammad Mehdi Boroumandi was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Hamedan Province has over 80,000 hectares of vineyards that yield more than 450,000 tons of grapes per year, 50% of which are produced in Malayer.