Agricultural Exports

Iran’s agriculture minister says the country has cut its agricultural imports bill by more than a half amid the government's tighter currency controls.

Iran’s exports of agricultural products increased by nearly a third year on year in the seven months to late October, according to figures by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

EghtesadOnline: High customs duties, non-sustainability and the small scale of businesses, export companies and holdings are the three main handicaps facing Iran's agricultural exports to Russia, the head of Agriculture and Food Commission with Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran exported agricultural products worth $5 billion in the first half of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22), around 50% of which, amounting over $2.5 billion, pertained to orchard crops.