EghtesadOnline: Average per capita dairy consumption in Iran has reached 82 kg at its peak, which is still below the global average, Esmaeil Khatami-Moqaddam, an inspector of Iran Dairy Industries Society, says.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s exports of dairy products would reach 1 million tons by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19), says Deputy Agriculture Minister Morteza Rezaei.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 152,576 tons of dairy products worth $154 million were exported from Iran to 30 countries during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 20-July 21), according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s dairy industry currently has the nominal capacity to produce 12 million tons of products per annum.

EghtesadOnline: Iran exported 331,889 tons of dairy products worth $358.12 million during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2019-Jan. 20), according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.

EghtesadOnline: Recent allegations spread by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting that milk in Iran is contaminated with excessive levels of aflatoxin has hurt the domestic dairy industry and further reduced per capita consumption of milk, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, the head of Iran Food and Drug Administration, said.