More than 2 million tons of sugar were produced in Iran in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2018) to set a record over the last 123 years, the secretary of Iran’s Sugar and Sugar Cube Factories Guild Union said.
“More than 8 million tons of beetroot were produced last year, from which more than 1.14 million tons of sugar were extracted.
Over 7.91 million tons of sugarcane were cultivated across the country, from which around 872,130 tons of sugar were produced,” Bahman Danaei was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
Iranians annually consume 2.2-2.4 million tons of sugar.
