Iranian date to be exported to Armenia
Iran exported 137,000 tons of dates (khurma) in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), which was 14 percent more than the exported amount in the same period of time in the past year, the data of the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) showed, according to Tehran Times report.
The source named India, France, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Britain, the U.S., Indonesia, Germany, the Netherlands, and Canada as the major buyers of Iranian date.
"The total production for this year will be 4.5 million tons, of which 2.5 million tons will be consumed domestically, and another two million is intended for export to Russia, Iraq, Armenia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan," the head of National Association of Iranian Dates (NAID) told the source.