Iran has exported some 13,500 tons worth $60 million of shrimp in the first six months of the Iranian calendar year (March 21 \u2013 September 22), according to a person with the knowledge of the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ali-Akbar Khodaei, the director of the Aquatics\u2019 Production and Trade Union of Iran, told IRNA economic correspondent on Tuesday that the country\u2019s six-month shrimp exports register a 22% year-on-year increase when compared to 11,100 tons of exports reported in the last year\u2019s corresponding period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that Russia was the main destination for Iranian shrimp accounting for 40% of Iran\u2019s total exports, followed by the UAE which imported another 35% of the Iranian exports of the product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rest 25% of Iranian shrimp exports mainly went to China, Lebanon, Egypt, Spain, France, Britain and some other regional countries, Khodaei said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that some 80-85% of Iran\u2019s shrimp output are produced in two southern provinces of Hormuzgan and Bushehr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also cited official statistics which say that there are some 16,000-17,000 of active shrimp farms in Iran with 4000-5000 others being under construction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iran has exported some 13,500 tons worth $60 million of shrimp in the first six months of the Iranian calendar year (March 21 \u2013 September 22), according to a person with the knowledge of the matter. Ali-Akbar Khodaei, the director of the Aquatics\u2019 Production and Trade Union of Iran, told IRNA economic correspondent on Tuesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n