U.S. Receives Iran’s Caviar

Date: 31 January 2018 - 20:58

News ID: ۴۹۵۵۴

TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Managing-Director of Agricultural Services of Specialized Holding Company Abbas Rajayee said on Wednesday Iran has exported its prized caviar to the U.S. after receiving the necessary license from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
"We have exported 10kg of natural caviar to the U.S. last year after receiving license from the FDA in the years 2016 and 2017," Rajayee said.
He added that Iran intends to increase exports of the precious product to other countries.
As Iran's economy tries to rebound from years of harsh international sanctions, producers of black caviar — that salt-cured delicacy associated with the rich and famous, with a price tag to match — are also eyeing a comeback.
Once among Iran's most famous exports, the industry nearly collapsed because of trade restrictions and an international clampdown on the capture of sturgeon from the Caspian Sea. The long, prehistoric fish, whose glittery, bead-like eggs make the choicest caviar, had been driven nearly to extinction by overfishing.
Now, dozens of Iranian producers are raising sturgeon legally on fish farms, just as the 2015 nuclear agreement Iran signed with six world powers has slowly reopened foreign markets to Iranian products.