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  • Iraq was the biggest importer of Iranian agricultural and food products worth US$1.7 billion.
  • The UAE was the second largest importer of Iranian agricultural and food products worth $675 million

TEHRAN, IRAN – The Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade said that Iran exported fisheries, livestock, agricultural and food products worth US$5.5 billion to over 130 countries during the first eleven months of the year.

Rouhollah Latifi, the spokesperson for the Trade Development Commission at the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade said that Iran exported fisheries, livestock, agricultural and food products worth $5.593.399.727.

He said that this represents a 23 percent increase in value compared to the same period last year, Mehr news agency reported.

Latifi said that Iraq was the biggest importer of Iranian agricultural and food products, with imports worth $1.784.930.000.

The UAE followed with $675.783 million, then Russia with $464.572 million, Pakistan with $447.774 million and Afghanistan with $383.491 million.

He said that India, Turkey, China, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan were the sixth to 10th largest importers of Iranian agricultural and food products during the same period.