Iran exported 281,000 tons of dairy products, valued at $381.19 million in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), registering a 16.4 percent increase compared to last year’s corresponding period.
Speaking in an interview with IRNA, Spokesperson for the Iranian Dairy Industry Association Mohammad-Reza Banitaba said the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) show that the country’s export of dairies in the first half of the current Iranian year has considerably increased compared to last year’s corresponding period.
According to the official, Iran exported 239.886 tons of dairy products from March 21 to September 22, showing a 17.3 percent rise in weight compared to last year’s corresponding period.
In this period, milk, cream, sour yogurt drinks, and industrial dry milk were among the main dairy products exported from the country, he said.—Tehran Times
