TEHRAN – A Ministry of Agricultural Jihad official said here on Sunday that pistachio exports in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (began March 20) had an 8 percent rise in terms of weight compared to the same period of last year.

Iran exported more than 197,000 tons of pistachios last year valued at 1.23 billion dollars, he said.
The Mehr News Agency quoted Aghareza Fotouhi as saying that it is expected that nearly 250 thousand tons of pistachio will be harvested until the end of this year.
Pistachio exports had a 6 percent increase in terms of value, in the current Iranian calendar year compared to the figure of last year, he added