TEHRAN- As announced by a provincial official, export of the agricultural products from Mazandaran province, in the north of Iran, rose by 100 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

Amir Jamshidi, an official with the province’s Customs Department, said that over 15,000 tons of agricultural products worth $6 million were exported from the province in the five-month period.

As previously reported by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the value of Iran’s agricultural products export increased by 33 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year, as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

According to the IRICA report, the country exported 2.657 million tons of agricultural products worth $1.453 billion in the five-month period of this year, also indicating 22 percent rise in terms of year on year.

Also as previously announced by the IRICA, 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, the exports of the mentioned products also increased 22 percent in terms of weight.

The value of Iran’s exports of agricultural and foodstuff products increased by 22.5 percent in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 19), the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade has said.

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