TEHRAN - Shrimp exports from Iran’s Bushehr province to the Russian market surged by 382% in value over a six-month period, according to Ali Esmailpour, deputy executive director of the provincial customs administration.
The customs data showed that between March 21 and September 22, the first six months of the Iranian year, nearly 6,500 tonnes of shrimp were exported to Russia, up 152% from the same period a year earlier. In value terms, exports jumped 382% to $22 million.
“Over the six-month period, 6,470 tonnes of shrimp farmed in Bushehr Province, worth $22 million, were exported to Russia,” Esmailpour said.
He added that shrimp is the province’s leading export product.