TEHRAN – The head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA)’s Food Industry Committee has said the volume of Iran’s exports of agricultural and food products is not satisfactory in comparison with other countries.

Speaking in a meeting of the mentioned committee on Wednesday, Abolhassan Khalili put the total value of the country’s agro-food exports in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023-January 20, 2024) at $4.9 billion, saying that the conditions should be improved to boost exports in this sector.

“The export of Iran's agricultural and food products is not in a defensible position compared to competing countries, and considering the investments made in the region in this field, it is predicted that there is no good future for the export of this type of products,” the ICCIMA portal quoted Khalili as saying.

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