Russia OKs export of Iranian dairy products
Moscow has granted four Iranian dairy factories with permissions
to export products to Russia, an Iranian official said.
Kaveh Zargaran, a member of the Iranian chamber of commerce,
industries, mines, and agriculture has said that the decision came
after a Russian delegation of veterinarians visited Iran to monitor
the quality of the output of the factories, Fars news agency
reported.
Saying that Russia imports about $4 billion of dairy products
annually and $1.5 billion of the total amount includes various
types of cheese, he added that Iran is capable of providing all
those products.
According to Zargaran the annual figure of Iran’s dairy exports
stands at $670 million and if Iran manages to enter the Russian
dairy market, the figure will dramatically increase.
Iran exported $151 million worth of products to Russia between
March and October last year. About $80 million of the amount fell
to the share of agricultural products. In other words, agricultural
products account for more than half of the value of exports from
Iran to Russia.
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