Iran Exports 13,000 Tons of Tea in 11 Months
“Iranian tea is a successful model in non-oil exports and 13,000 tons of Iranian tea worth $17 million have been exported in the past 11 months, Jahansaz said.
He added that the first destination for Iranian tea is Russia and the second country is India.
“Iranian tea has a unique position in the world due to the lack of use of agricultural pesticides and can compete with the rivals in the global markets,” Jahansaz said.
Iran had exported 4,856 tons of tea valued at $6.555 million in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21), according to Mohammad Sadegh Hassani, the executive director of Iran’s Tea Syndicate.
The country also imported 20,170 tons of tea with an average value of $4.83 per kilogram, Hassani said.
According to the official, the government has purchased 11,500 tons of tea leaves form domestic farmers in the mentioned period.
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