TEHRAN – Iran exported 500 tons of high-quality honey to China last Iranian calendar year of 1401 (ended March 20, 2023), an official sad.
Touraj Saremi, who implements the Iran Beekeeping Development Project, made the comment on the sidelines of the First National Conference on Honey Bee and Related Industries and stated that Iran ranks third in the world in producing honey.
According to the statistics, over 94,000 beekeepers produced 136,000 tons of quality honey in the country last year (March 21, 2022 to March 20, 2023), he said, adding, “It is predicted that beekeepers of the country would produce 140,000 tons of honey in the current year.
Measures have been taken in the current year to export quality honey to China and other countries, Saremi added.