Pistachio Exports to Spain Accelerated by 58% in 2022

Iran’s exported 2,068 tons of pistachio worth €23 million to Spain in 2022, registering a 58.03% rise in terms of value compared with €8.45 million in 2021, according to data released by the Iran-Spain Chamber of Commerce.
Span’s total pistachio trade stood at €161.6 million in 2022, of which €30.36 million belonged to exports and €131.24 million to imports, which indicate that the country recorded a pistachio trade deficit of €100.87 million last year.
Italy with €7.56 million, France with €6.8 million, Germany with €3.18 million, the Netherlands with €2.15 million and Portugal with €1.57 million were the main export destinations of Spanish pistachio, IRIB News reported.
The US with €93.2 million, Iran with €23 million, Germany with €9.45 million, China with €1.37 million and the UAE with €762,920 were the main pistachio exporters to Spain.
Iran’s overall pistachio exports have been on a decline since the fiscal 2007-08 when exports of the products reached 265,000 tons.