Export of ruby grapes from the city of Sar-e Pol-e Zahab to Iraq
Ali Abbasi considered the area of ruby grapes gardens in this city to be 600 hectares and said: 500 hectares of gardens in Sarpol-e-Zahab city are fertile.
The director of Jihad Keshavarzi of Sarpol-e-Zahab city said that the average yield of ruby grapes in the city is 9 tons per hectare and the rial value of ruby grapes produced in Sarpol-e-Zahab city this year is 180 billion rials.
He added: Last year, 3,600 tons of ruby grapes worth 90 billion rials were produced in this city.
Abbasi said: the grapes produced in this city are consumed by neighboring cities and some of them are exported to Iraq.