Iran ships pistachio valued over USD405 million

(MENAFN) Iran shipped 56,298 tons of pistachio with a value of USD405.04 million to 57 nations throughout the previous Iranian calendar year 1401 (ended on March 20), as mentioned by IRIB.
IRIB also stated, the yearly shipment shows a 55.7 percent drop in worth and a 58.4 percent decrease in mass on a yearly basis.

Russia with 7,329 tons of imports was the highest shipment nation for Iranian pistachio throughout the previous year. India with 7,139 tons was the second, after that Iraq, the UAE, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Germany, Turkey, as well as Tajikistan, in that order.

Iran’s pistachio shipments have been plummeting since the Iranian calendar year 1386 (ended on March 2008), when shipments stood at 265,000 tons.

Even though Iran is majorly recognized by its huge hydrocarbon resources, there are more valuable outputs that people worldwide value the Iranian product, one of the outputs is Iranian pistachio or “green gold”.

Farming of pistachios in Iran exists since the Achaemenid time span or the fifth century B.C; Like the great dynasty, the Islamic Republic was the world’s unchallenged, top producer of pistachios for years, with southeastern Kerman area being the center of output for what is famous as the green gold.

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