This year pistachio exports from the country increased 2.5 times

Exports of pistachios and pistachio kernels from the country in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year reached 5.2 times.
In the first six months of this year, 272 million and 200 thousand dollars of pistachios and pistachio kernels were exported.
This is while the export of this product in the past during the same period was 112 million and 900 thousand dollars.
This report states; Exports of this product in this period in terms of value compared to last year has increased by 141 percent, but the amount of pistachio exports in the previous year in the same period compared to our previous year shows a decrease of 4.1 percent.
According to this report, 11% of the total value of non-oil exports in the first half of this year was allocated to pistachio and pistachio kernel exports, and by allocating this share of total exports, it was at the top of non-oil goods.
The report adds: In the first six months of this year, the average price per kilo of pistachios was $ 7.3.

