EghtesadOnline: Around 513,000 tons of chocolate and pastry worth $615 million were exported from Iran during the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2017-Feb. 19), registering a 121% and 21% growth in weight and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Close to 314,000 tons of chocolate and pastry worth about $440 million were exported from Iran during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Nov. 21, 2017), registering a 92.5% and 25.7% growth respectively compared with the similar period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Based on an agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union, exports of Iranian biscuit and chocolate to the EEU member states will be exempt from customs duties, a deputy minister of industries, mining and trade said on Wednesday.

EghtesadOnline: The Iranian sweets and chocolate industry is more than four decades old, which has grown considerably in recent years and become one of the most prosperous sectors of the Iranian economy.