“In the last fiscal year (March 2016-17), the government purchased from local farmers more than 139,000 tons of fresh tea leaves, worth 2.34 trillion rials ($62 million), from which 31,200 tons of dried tea were produced, a record high in the last seven years,” Mohammad Vali Rouzbehan was also quoted as saying by the Persian daily Shorou.
EghtesadOnline: About 80,000 tons of tea are brought into Iran every year, 30,000 tons of which are contraband, the head of Iran Tea Organization said.