An official at Iranian Fisheries Organization says the country’s exports of farmed caviar has registered a 112 percent growth in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2024).

An official at the Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO) said that more than four tons of caviar were exported from the country in the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023 to March 19, 2024).

EghtesadOnline: For the first time in 25 years, about 10 kilograms of Iranian farmed caviar worth 600 million rials ($13,000) were exported to the United States in the last fiscal year (March 2016-17), an adviser to agriculture minister said.

EghtesadOnline: More than 557 kilograms of caviar worth over $1.37 million were exported from Iran during the seven months to Oct. 22, registering a 9% and 6.6% decline in weight and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year, figures released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration showed.

EghtesadOnline: Close to 388 kilograms of caviar worth nearly 31.5 billion rials (around $965,400) were exported from Iran during the five months to August 22, registering a 10.5% and 3% fall in weight and value respectively compared with the corresponding period of last year, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration announced.

EghtesadOnline: With Iran to its south and Russia to its north and west, the Caspian Sea is not only rich in oil and natural gas reserves, but it is also the world’s primary and largest habitat for the beluga, the most famous of the caviar sturgeons, as well as four other sturgeon species.