TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy agriculture minister put the country’s annual apple production at 3-4 million tons.

Nabi Hadavand said that 250,000 hectares of Iran’s gardens are under apple cultivation.

He further said that West Azarbaijan, East Azarbaijan, and Tehran are the top producers of apple in Iran.

Iran exported about 2.226 million tons of agricultural products valued at $1.18 billion in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21), registering an increase of 32 percent in value year on year.

According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the exports of the mentioned products also increased 22 percent in terms of weight, IRNA reported.

As reported, pistachio was the top exported item in the mentioned period with $237 million of exports, a 193 percent increase compared to the previous year.

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