Iranian dates are exported such as sayer dates, mazafati dates, zahedi dates, kabkab dates, rabbi dates and piarum dates. Iran is currently the third largest exporter of raisins in the world.
More than seven million tons of dates are produced annually in the world, with Iranian dates producing one million tons after Egypt, ranking second in production and 14% of the world’s dates, but in the export of this economic product is in seventh place.
More than seven million tons of dates are produced annually in the world, with Irananian dates producing one million tons after Egypt, ranking second in production and 14% of the world’s dates, but in the export of this economic product is in seventh place.
245 thousand hectares are the area under cultivation of groves in the country, of which about 184 thousand hectares are fertile and an average of 4.5 to 5.5 tons per hectare is harvested.