EghtesadOnline: Potato production in Iran has experienced a 30% decline in the current fiscal year that started on March 21, 2021.

EghtesadOnline: The export of potatoes has been exempted from tax and customs duties by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade.

EghtesadOnline: With more than 5.1 million tons of production, Iran ranks 13th among the world’s biggest producer of potatoes, Deputy Agriculture Minister Hossein Shirzad says, citing the 2019 data of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.