IRICA Disputes Fiscal 2020-21 Caviar Export Statistics

Iran’s caviar exports stood at 2.28 tons worth $1.09 million in the fiscal 2020-21 (ended March 21, 2021), says Rouhollah Latifi, spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Customs Administration, adding that the figures provided recently by an Agriculture Ministry official were inaccurate.
“Of the 12 tons of caviar produced in Iran in the year ending March 2021, 4.5 tons worth more than $6 million were exported,” Isa Golshahi, an official with Iran Fisheries Organization, was quoted as saying by IRNA recently.
“In addition, 3,500 tons of sturgeon meat were produced in Iran last year, of which 1,000 tons worth $10 million were exported.”