EghtesadOnline: Iran exported 750,000 tons of dairy products during the nine months to Dec. 22, 2017 to register a 30% increase compared with last year’s corresponding period, Deputy Agriculture Minister Hassan Rokni said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is one of the top milk producers and has ambitious plans to grab a bigger share of the global milk and dairy market.

EghtesadOnline: About 153,000 tons of dairy products worth $264 million were exported from Iran during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering a 3% and 28% growth in weight and value respectively compared with the corresponding period of last year, Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture reported on its news portal.

EghtesadOnline: The Iranian dairy industry is beginning to expand, as dairy companies now target export destinations such as Russia, according to DairyReporter, a French news service in dairy processing industry.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is targeting dairy exports worth $1 billion in the current fiscal year (March 2017-18), Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati said.

EghtesadOnline: Some 300,000 tons of dairy products were exported from Iran during the first three months of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), registering a 70% increase compared with the corresponding period of last year, a deputy agriculture minister said.

EghtesadOnline: Some $68.6 million worth of agricultural and dairy products were exported from Hamedan Province in the last Iranian year (March 2016-17), accounting for 52% of the province’s total exports, the head of Hamedan’s Agricultural Jihad Organization said.

EghtesadOnline: Close to 87,000 tons of yogurt worth $108 million were exported from Iran in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21, 2017), indicating a 20% fall in weight but a 2% rise in value compared with the similar period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Dairy products had the biggest share in Iran's food exports in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017).