Around 1.8 million tons of grapes were produced in Iran in the last Iranian year (March 2017-18), of which 107,500 tons were exported.
This was reported by Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture citing data released by the Statistical Center of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.
Iraq, the UAE and Russia with around 18,600 tons, 14,400 tons and 12,900 tons of purchases respectively were Iran’s top three export destinations.
Grapes were cultivated on over 142,000 hectares of vineyards across the country last year with the provinces of Markazi in central Iran, Fars in the southwest and East Azarbaijan in the northwest being the biggest producers.
Iran imported 10 tons of grapes from Croatia over the same period, according to the report.
