Iran fruit

EghtesadOnline: A total of 11.6 million tons of fruits were produced in Iran in the last fiscal year (March 2017-18) to register a 4.8% increase compared with the year before, a survey carried out by the Statistical Center of Iran showed Apples (2.4 million tons), grapes (1.75 million tons), oranges (1.2 million tons) and dates (1.76 million tons) accounted for 61% of all the fruits produced over the period, ILNA reported.

EghtesadOnline: Fruit smuggling has declined by 90% since the fiscal 2013-14 when Hassan Rouhani first took office as Iran’s president, according to the managing director of Iran’s Confiscated Assets Organization, Amin Daliri.

EghtesadOnline: The First Specialized Fruit Industry Exhibition is scheduled for August 22-25 in Tehran’s Olympic Hotel, an executive manager of the event said.