BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 2. Iran’s export of
fish and related products increased by 64 percent in value and 59
percent in volume, during the first 3 months of the current Iranian
year (March 21 through June 21, 2023), compared to the same period
in the last year, Chairman of Iran’s Aquatic Production and Trade
Union Ali Akbar Khodaei said, Trend reports.
According to Khodaei, in total, Iran exported 51,000 tons of
fishery products worth about $92million in 3 months. Whereas, the
figure stood at 32,000 tons worth $56 million in the corresponding
period of last year.
The chairman added that 19,000 tons of fishery products that are
not consumed in Iran due to religious beliefs, 7,500 tons of
shrimp, 7,500 tons of tropical fish, 2,400 tons of trout, 14,000
tons of fish feed, 600 tons of ornamental fish, canned fish and so
on were exported from the country over 3 months.
“By March 20, 2026, the value of Iran’s annual fishery exports
is planned to be reached $800 million,” he noted.
Overall, Iran exported 181,000 tons of fish and related products
worth more than $605 million in the last Iranian year, over the
last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023),
This is an increase of 8.8 percent in value and 9 percent in
volume compared to the preceding year (March 21, 2021 through March
20, 2022).
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