The value of Iranian date exports reached $ 174 million

The value of Iranian date exports reached $ 174 million

According to the latest Iranian customs statistics, last year the export of dates from Iran increased by 17.7% compared to 1389 to more than 174 million dollars.
The weight of this export also increased by 2.5% to more than 122 thousand tons. Last year, Iran exported its dates to more than 80 countries.

Exports of Iranian date industry in 1390 include fresh or dried Mazafati dates, fresh or dried royal dates, fresh or dried kebab dates, fresh or dried Zahedi dates, fresh or dried Pyarum dates and fresh or dried colonial dates and also Some other types of dates.

India, Azerbaijan, the UAE, Turkey, Iraq, Russia, Malaysia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and Canada were among the largest export markets for Iran’s date industry last year.

However, according to statistics, Iran is the second largest producer of dates in the world, which is ranked seventh in the export of this product due to the lack of new markets and traditional packaging.
More than seven million tons of dates are produced annually in the world, of which Iran is the second largest producer of dates in the world with a production of one million tons.

But Iran is the second largest producer of dates in the world after Egypt, which ranks seventh after Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Egypt, UAE and Pakistan due to inadequate packaging and lack of up-to-date marketing methods for this product. Is located.
Due to the fact that the packaging of Iran’s export dates is 10 kg and is traditional, Tunisia and the UAE have taken Iran’s place in the export markets with small packages.

224,000 hectares are the groves of Iran, which are scattered in six provinces of Kerman, Bushehr, Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Fars and Sistan and Baluchestan.