Banana Imports Top $260m

EghtesadOnline: Around 347,000 tons of fresh green or dried bananas worth $267 million were imported into Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), registering a 40% rise in both volume and value compared with the corresponding period of last year, figures released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration showed.

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23 October 2017

As such, banana imports account for 2.02% and 1.13% of Iran’s total amount of imports over the six-month period, Eranico reported.

The UAE, Turkey, Ecuador, Sri Lanka, India and Philippines were the main countries from where the fruit was imported, according to Financial Tribune.