Asadollah Teymuri Yansari, acting director of the Mazandaran Agriculture Department, said on Monday that the weight of exported fruit exceeded 29,000 tons. He made the remarks at a meeting of the Mazandaran Agricultural Council in the provincial capital Sari.
He said 616 kiwifruits weighing 12,939 tonnes were exported from the state on November 29. Of these, 246 shipments went to India and the rest went to other countries.
He added that on the same day, 393 times of mandarin oranges (totaling 7,827 tons) and 440 times of oranges (weighing 8,931 tons) were also exported to the world market.
Teymouri Yansari emphasized the strategic importance of non-oil exports and said the scale of these exports indicates tangible progress in implementing Iran’s economic policy of resistance.
He pointed out that expanding exports not only increases production and farmers’ incomes, but also plays an important role in creating sustainable jobs in a variety of sectors, from orchards to transportation.
MNA/IRN