The value of Iran’s exports of agricultural and foodstuff products increased by 19 percent in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), an official with the Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran said.
According to Ruhollah Latifi, Iranian producers managed to export 3.053 million tons of the mentioned products, also registering a three percent rise in terms of weight, IRNA reported.
As reported, of the total exports, 2.86 million tons with a value of $1.68 billion went to 15 neighboring countries, which accounted for 84 percent of the total value and 94 percent of the total weight of the exports in the mentioned period.—Tehran Times
