Iran Exports $650 Million Aquatics in One Year: Official

The director general of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture’s Office of Quality Improvement, Processing and Aquatic Market said $650 million of aquatics was exported from the country in the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023, to March 19, 2024).

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05 June 2024

EghtesadOnline: Abbas Mokhtari said 139,000 tons of fishery products, valued at $528 million, were exported from the country between March 21, 2020 and March 20, 2021.

Regarding the trade of aquatics and fishery products during President Ebrahim Raisi administration’s term, he said that 210,000 tons of the fishery products, valued at $650 million, were exported from the country in the previous Persian calendar year (ended March 19, 2024), Mehr news agency reported.

Mokhtari further pointed out that effective steps were taken in the administration of the late President Raisi to spur the production and export of aquatics. /Tasnim