EghtesadOnline: A total of 1.37 million tons of fruit and vegetable worth $425 million were exported from Iran during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Aug. 21).

EghtesadOnline: Iran meets around 98% of its domestic demand for hybrid vegetable seed through imports that cost the country between $95-110 million per year, according to a recent report published by Majlis Research Center.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has launched the production of vegetable seeds, according to the Agriculture Ministry’s caretaker, Abbas Keshavarz.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 4.07 million tons of fruits and vegetables worth $1.59 billion were exported from Iran during the last Iranian year (March 2018-19) to register a 9% and 35% rise in weight and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Iran exported 4.5 million tons of fruits and vegetables worth $1.65 billion during the last fiscal year that ended on March 19, 2020, to register an 11.5% and 12% rise in tonnage and value respectively compared to the year before.

EghtesadOnline: More than $1.4 billion worth of vegetables were exported from Iran during the last fiscal year (ended March 19, 2020), according to the director general of Agriculture Ministry’s Fodder and Vegetable Production Bureau.