Shamsfard attributed the drop to Turkey’s takeover of Iran’s overseas markets. “Turkey is exporting raisins with prices lower than those of Iran,” he was quoted as saying by ILNA.
EghtesadOnline: Iran exported 36,400 tons of raisins during the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 20), which indicates a 10% decline compared with the similar period of a year before, according to Mohammad Hassan Shamsfard, the head of Dried Fruit and Nut Exporters Union.