Date production volume at 20percent growth this yearThe Head of National Association of Iranian Dates (NAID) Mohsen Rashid Farrokhi said that volume of date production has registered a 20 percent hike since the beginning of the current year (started March 21) as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.
‘Iran will proudly pass through sanctions’Kaveh Zargaran, the secretary general of the Federation of Iranian Food Association, said the condition created by the sanctions on his country is temporary and Iran will proudly overcome this condition.
Bottled water exports fetch Iran $3m Iran exported bottled water worth $3 million in the year ending March 21, 2018, said the secretary of the Iranian Bottled Water Association.
‘No need for wheat import by next year’` Iran has been self-reliance in wheat production over the past three years and there is also no need for importing the grain by the next year, Kaveh Zargaran, the chairman of the Agricultural Committee at the Tehran Chamber of Commerce Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA), announced.
Selection of the IFIF as the top association of the Iran Chamber of CommerceThe iran chamber of commerce selected The association of the iranian food industry as the top association among over 200 other associations
Iran exports $403m worth of dates, raisins in one year Iran exported some $403 million of dates and raisins over the past Iranian year (ended on March 20), according to the secretary-general of the Foundation of Iranian Food Industries Associations.
Tehran-Brasilia Agro CooperationBrazil is among top exporters of basic agricultural products to Iran with the country purchasing about $780 million worth of corn, $565 million worth of meat and $280 million of sugar from the South American country in 2017.
Zargaran Joins ISOA BoardSecretary-General of the Federation of Iranian Food Associations Kaveh Zargaran was elected a member of the board of directors of the International Sunflower Oil Association.
Iran’s saffron exports hit record high for 2017Iran’s saffron exports hit a ten-year record high last year, reaching about 236 tons, said Secretary General of the Association of Food Industries of Iran on Monday.
Annual agricultural products, foodstuff exports up 4 percentThe value of agricultural products and foodstuff exports from Iran rose four percent in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), Kaveh Zargaran, the secretary general of Federation of Iranian Food Associations, announced, citing the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).