Iran exports seafood products to 45 countries

The head of Iran’s Fishery Organization (IFO) Hossein Hosseini announced the country has exported seafood to 45 countries in the first 5 months of the country’s calendar year (March 22, 2024- August 21, 2024).

News ID: 5111

Date: 15 September 2024 - 13:42

TABNAK, Sep, 15:  All types of fish, canned shrimp and aquatic animals stood at the top of the export products, he said.

Export of Iran’s seafood products surged by 32 percent in terms of weight and 24 percent in terms of value in the above-mentioned period, he noted.

Iran’s export weight of seafood products during the above-mentioned period totaled 68,000 tons, which shows 32 percent rise comparing to similar period in 2023, he said.

Iran exported 210,000 tons of seafood products to more than 50 target countries, and therefore, the record of US$650 million of aquatic animals exports was broken in terms of value.

Iran's aquaculture industry is on a wave of progress and has world ranks in the production of some fishery products.

It is worth mentioning that the growth and development of Iran’s aquaculture industry has reached the point where the country has become a model for the countries of the region and the world.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) believes that Iran plays a responsible and central role in the fishing and aquaculture industry in the region, and for this reason, it can be considered a model for the countries of the region.

Now the world markets have become the target of the export of the country's fishery products, so that, the value of fishery exports also increased by 67 percent in the Iranian calendar year 1400 compared to the preceding year.

In addition to the executive role of the IFO, the role of research and knowledge-based activities in this field is very important, and the entry of young specialists and knowledge-based experts in various sectors of the fishery industry has made the sanctions ineffective.