Iran’s exports of agricultural products in the first two months of the current Iranian year have grown in term of both value and weight, according to data released by the Agriculture Ministry.
Figures indicate that Iran’s farm sector has shipped abroad $802 million in agricultural products from March 20 to May 20.
With a total weight of 955,000 tons, exports in the two-month span have risen by approximately 6% in terms of value and by 22.5% in terms of weight, in comparison to the corresponding period last year.
Iran hopes to boost the export of agricultural products now that trade has been facilitated under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a lasting nuclear deal between Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) that has terminated nuclear-related anti-Iran sanctions.
Neighbouring countries are the main export destinations for Iranian farm produce.
Export of seafood and fruit to Russia is also an attractive option for Iran.
Russia has plans to replace Turkish foodstuffs with Iranian, Azerbaijani, and Abkhazian goods to avoid food shortages following Moscow’s economic sanctions on Ankara.
The move by Kremlin came after Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a bill to impose economic sanctions on Turkey in the wake of the Turkish military’s shooting down of a Russian fighter jet in Syria in November 2015.
Dozens of faith, civil rights and progressive groups in the United States have expressed solidarity…
American lawmakers are in the process of drafting a bill aimed at responding to the…
The Palestinian death toll from Israel's military onslaught against the besieged Gaza Strip has jumped…
More than 90 lawyers, including at least 20 from the presidential administration, called on US…
Thousands of Israelis, including families of hostages being held in the Gaza Strip, rallied in…
Columbia University in the US has started suspending the students who refuse to leave the…