27 April 2009
Tehran - Apple and citrus fruit export increased by 34 percent in 2008, compared to the figure for the year earlier. Announcing this, spokesman for Iran's Trade Development Organization (TDO), Ali Reza Shojaei added that this is while import of the crops showed a decrease of 16 percent compared to the corresponding period.
The value of export in 2008 stood at dollars 166 million while the figure for the previous year was dollars 123.1 million, he noted.
The figures reveal that despite draught in the country, export of the crops was desirable.
Tehran - Apple and citrus fruit export increased by 34 percent in 2008, compared to the figure for the year earlier. Announcing this, spokesman for Iran's Trade Development Organization (TDO), Ali Reza Shojaei added that this is while import of the crops showed a decrease of 16 percent compared to the corresponding period.
The value of export in 2008 stood at dollars 166 million while the figure for the previous year was dollars 123.1 million, he noted.
The figures reveal that despite draught in the country, export of the crops was desirable.
© IRNA 2009
