Duty on Agricultural Products Causes Stir Among Exporters

The government’s new decision to impose duties on the export of agrifood products has agitated exporters. 
The new fiscal year’s budget bill (2022-23) stipulates a 0.5% duty on the export of agricultural and food products.
Reza Nourani, the head of the National Association for Agricultural Products, slammed the imposition of duties at a time when the country is facing severe economic sanctions, the news portal of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture reported.
“The government says the new regulation is aimed at making up for the water used in cultivating agricultural products. The question is whether it wouldn’t be better if policymakers had provided new irrigation technologies to farmers to reduce water consumption in the agricultural sector?”