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West Azarbaijan provides 60% of apples exported from Iran

mahla — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 08:56:17 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – West Azarbaijan province, in the northwest of Iran, provided 60 percent of the apples exported from the country in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), a provincial official announced.

Nader Sadeqi, the deputy governor-general of the province for economic coordination, said that 885,000 tons of apple worth $327 million has been exported from the country in the past year.

As announced by the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Iraq bought $105 million, Russia $95.4 million, Afghanistan $51.7 million, India $26.6 million, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) $21.1 million of apples from Iran last year and were the top five export buyers of Iranian apples in that year.

Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Oman, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Qatar, Armenia, Kuwait, Georgia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Libya, Bahrain, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Norway and the United Kingdom were the sixth to 27th destinations, respectively, Rouhollah Latifi added.

The official further said that 207,257 tons of apples worth $62.587 million have been exported in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21).

As Latifi has previously announced, food and agricultural products accounted for 7.7 percent of the country’s weight of exports in the previous year, and the share of these goods in terms of value was more than 17.6 percent of the total value of exports.

In the past year, more than 8.832 million tons of agricultural products, livestock products, fisheries, and foodstuff worth $6.167 billion were exported, the average value of each ton was $698, which is about 70 cents per kilogram, he stated.

Iran’s non-oil export was 112 million tons valued at $34.5 billion in the previous year.

Among the country’s non-oil export destinations, China was the first, with importing $8.9 billion worth of products, Iraq was the second with importing $7.3 billion, the United Arab Emirates the third with importing $4.6 billion, Turkey the fourth with importing $2.5 billion, and Afghanistan the fifth with importing $2.2 billion.

Gasoline, natural gas, polyethylene, propane, and pistachio were Iran’s major exported products during the past year.

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Snow covers northwestern Iran

reporter 1222 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 07:41:16 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Six-meter snow covered the Qarah Bolagh district in the northwestern province of West Azarbaijan of Iran, a provincial official said Monday.

The heavy snowfall blocked the Mahabad-Bukan road in the northwestern province for the third day on Monday, Head of Mahabad’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Office Mohsen Khademi said, IRNA reported.

The heavy snow, which began on Saturday in Iran western and northwestern provinces, caused some roadblocks in the region.

The snowstorm has been unprecedented in the region for the past few years, the official said.

Khademi added a number of cars and vehicles belonging to the office, including two snow grinders, which were completely buried under a mound of snow.

The road maintenance team rescued 25 people trapped in the snowstorm along the roads in areas in the province, Khademi said.

The official also said that the weather conditions prevented the emergency services from reaching the cars trapped in the snow.

Also, snowfall continued until Tuesday in the provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran in the north of Iran.

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West Azarbaijan hotels to offer special discounts in Noruz

reporter 1222 — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 07:10:37 +0000

TEHRAN – Hotels across West Azarbaijan province of Iran will give special discounts to their foreign and domestic customers on the occasion of Noruz – the Iranian new year – starting March 21.

The hotels will offer rooms at a discount of 30 percent during Noruz based on an agreement Iran Hotel Association reached with the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, CHTN quoted Hossein Emami, a provincial tourism official, as saying on Wednesday.

Earlier this months, the CHHTO announced the same privileges for travelers to provinces of Tehran, Hamedan, East Azarbaijan, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad, Khorasan Razavi and Fars.

Most businesses and workplaces are closed during the 13-day Noruz holidays, as are schools yet nearly all of its attractions and museums are open to the public.

PHOTO: The Saint Thaddeus Monastery, a World Heritage in West Azarbaijan province

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