Monthly Agrifood Exports Top $900m

Iran exported 1.59 million tons of agricultural and food products worth $912.43 million in the first month of the current Iranian year (March 21-May 21), new data released by the Agriculture Ministry show.
The figures indicate a decline of 9.43% in tonnage, but a rise of 11.6% in value compared with last year's corresponding period. 
Watermelon topped the list of exports in terms of value with $99.45 million, followed by tomato worth $94.36 million, milk powder worth $57.47 million, eggs worth $43.93 million and saffron worth $42.38 million.
In terms of tonnage, watermelon topped the list with 455,180 tons, followed by 204,980 tons of tomato, 73,750 tons of Persian melon, 44,780 tons of apple and 35,100 tons of potato.