Iran exported 71.5 tons of caviar
Iran’s caviar exports last year amounted to 5.71 tons, which is a decrease of 7.15 percent compared to the same period last year.
He mentioned the value of caviar exports last year at $ 4.34 million and added: This decrease is due to the application of fishing restrictions due to genetic and environmental issues and the observance of the ceiling of 90 tons of Iranian exports in 2000. Despite this weight reduction in exports, the export value of this product It has grown by about 17%.
The European Union (EU) is the world’s largest importer of caviar with 120 tonnes of caviar a year, followed by the United States with 99 tonnes and Japan with 35 tonnes, respectively.
Therefore, according to the report, Iran, as one of the producers and suppliers of caviar in the world, annually produces and supplies over 200 tons of this product.
The public relations also mentioned the major caviar producers and exporters in the world, Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China and Romania, respectively, which during the meeting signed an optional export quota and 239 tons of caviar per year. And Kazakhstan to take charge of 5.36 of them.
Also, in another report, these relations mentioned the amount of production of farmed shrimp in 1379 about 4 thousand tons and added: this amount compared to the production of 8.1 thousand tons in 1378 shows a significant increase in shrimp exports due to increase in production, growth. It has witnessed a significant increase of more than 8.7 thousand tons of shrimp worth $ 9.22 million last year, which is more than 120% weight growth and 4.111% value growth compared to the same period of 1999. had.
Since according to expert studies, it is possible to develop the country’s shrimp farms from the current 2450 hectares to 93 thousand hectares and increase production capacity to 200 thousand tons, so it is easy to increase the foreign exchange earnings of this sector to more than 600 million dollars per year. Increased.
Also, compound fishing – which accounts for a significant amount of sub-fish exports each year – has been in good shape this year, while catching other fish, especially edible fish, has declined.
Therefore, the export report of fresh and frozen fish last year was more than 6.4 thousand tons worth 6.6 million dollars, which compared to the same period in 1378 has increased by 40% in terms of weight and 38.5% in terms of value. .
In total, the annual production of aquaculture in the country, including farming and marine, reaches 400,000 tons, of which only a very small percentage is sent to export markets, while with quantitative and qualitative increase of freezing, processing, packaging and optimal use of unit capacity In addition to preventing a lot of waste in this sector, the conversion industry will see a significant increase in the country’s foreign exchange earnings.