TEHRAN – Iran exported more than 18,000 tons of chicken meat in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21), head of Iran’s Poultry Farmers Union said.

According to Ali Ebrahimi, the government removed the ban on chicken exports in the last month of the previous Iranian year and farmers managed to export 1,800 tons of chicken in the mentioned month, Mehr News Agency reported.

This year, with the increase in production and supply being more than demand, the exports have increased, the official said.

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