Iran Pistachio in the News:
Dried fruit exports hit $604m
Iran's dried fruit
exports drop 23.4% since March
Iran's Kerman
non-oil goods export ups
Almond, Pistachio
prices down on sluggish demand
67,000 ha earmarked
for growing pistachios
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Dried fruit exports
hit $604m
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – Exports of the dried
fruits hit 604,000 dollars during the first
10 months of the year (Starting March 21,
2004), the figure indicates 23.4 percent
decrease compared to the preceding year.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hong Kong,
Germany, Russia, Spain, were the major customers
of the Iranian dried fruits buying $143,890,000,
$86,322,000, $65,131,000, $59,909,000, $43,720,000
respectively.
The countries purchased about 65 percent
of the commodity over the period. Registering
a 30.5 percent decline compared to the year
before, exports of pistachios and pistachio
kernels reached $462,734,000 during the
first ten months of the year.
According to the report, 44 percent of the
exported pistachios were bought by the UAE
and, Hong Kong.
The two countries bought Iran’s pistachios
valued at 118,634,000 dollars and 85,610,000
respectively. Also, experiencing a 46 percent
hike compared to the year before, raisins
valued at around $90,613,000 were exported
during the same period. In addition, registering
7.5 percent growth compared to the preceding
year, incomes from the exports of the dried
fruits reached 11,252,000 dollars, the report
also noted.
Source:
http://www.mehrnews.ir/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=157167
Iran's dried fruit exports drop 23.4%
since March
LONDON, Feb 13 (IranMania) - Iran Customs
Administration reported that exports of
dried fruits stood at $604 mln and 874 thousand
since the beginning of the current Iranian
year (started March 20).
The figure shows a 23.4% drop compared to
the same period last year. UAE with $143.890
mln, Hong Kong with $76.322 mln Germany
with $65.131 mln, and Russia and and Spain
with $59 mln and $43.720 mln, respectively,
were among the major importers of the Iranian
dried fruits.
"These countries purchased 65% of the total
dried fruit exports in the first 10 month
of the year," it added. Pistachios garnered
the highest share among the items exported
with a value of $462,734 mln.
The figure, however, was lower by 30.5%
compared to the same period last year, the
report said. Iran has been striving to rise
its non-oil exports. Customs Administration
reported that the non-oil products valued
at $5.767 bln were exported in the first
10 months of the current Iranian year (started
March 20).
"The figure is 11% higher than the same
period last year," it added. Head of Export
Development Center of Iran (EDCI) said here
earlier in January that Iran has over 20,000
exportable items and conducts trade with
over 160 nations worldwide. The figure is
three-fold the amount registered in 1997.
Reforms carried out including rendering
support to companies active in exports,
removal of barriers to garnering higher
exports volumes, and instituting marketing
programs are among the measures taken for
expansion of non-oil exports, he added.
Khosrowtaj said that the objectives of the
Third Development Plan will propel Iranian
non-oil exports to a record $10.653 bln
by the end of the current year. He further
said that in the first six months of the
current year, exports of goods and services
increased by $10.7 bln (23%) compared to
the figures for the corresponding period
last year.
He said that non-oil goods exported last
year had a total value of $8.788 bln.
Source:
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=29652&NewsKind=Business%20%26%20Economy
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Iran's Kerman non-oil goods export ups
LONDON, Jan 29 (IranMania) - Some 71,000
tons of non-oil commodities, valued at $255
mln, were exported from the southeastern
province of Kerman during the first nine
months of the current Iranian calendar year.
The head of the Kerman Commerce Organization,
Zabihollah Karami, told reporters that pistachios
accounted for the bulk of non-oil goods
that were exported. He added that over 50
mln tons of various industrial goods, including
electronic tools and textiles, were imported
into the province during the same period.
Source:
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=29167&NewsKind=Business%20%26%20Economy
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Almond, Pistachio prices down on sluggish
demand:
[Business India]: New Delhi, Feb 19 : Prices
of almond and pistachio declined in the
wholesale dry fruit market today following
sluggish demand along with weak overseas
advices and closed with losses.
Elsewhere, prices continued to be ask at
previous levels in limited deals.
Marketmen said sluggish demand in the wake
of weak overseas advices mainly led to fall
in Almond and pistachio prices. Almond california
prices dropped to Rs 10,500 from previous
close of Rs 11,000 per 40 kg on reduced
offtake.
Almond kernel followed suit and quoted lower
at Rs 370-375 against last close of Rs 370-378
a kilo.
Pistachio varieties such as Irani, Hairati
and Peshwari also eased to Rs 480-510, Rs
450-500 and Rs 525-570 from previous close
of Rs480-520, Rs 450-510 andRs 550-570 per
kilo respectively on poor demand.
Following were today's quotations per 40
kgs bag: Almond (California) 10,500, Almond
(gurbandi) 4,900 Almond (girdhi) 3,700,
Almond kernel (california) 370-375 Almond
kernel (gurbandi) (kg) 370-390 and Abjosh
Afghani 5,500-9,500. PTI
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67,000 ha earmarked for growing
pistachios
Sun Shangwu
2005-01-27 06:42
Pistachio nuts will be grown on
a massive new farm within a decade
in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Region.
A 67,000-hectare area has been earmarked
for growing the nut, which has a
current market value of more than
US$5,500 per ton.
Most of the farmers growing the
crop will be ethnic Uygurs, said
Li Yuzhang, manager of the Xinjiang
Kashgar Cadina Agriculture Science
& Technology Co Ltd.
The company has been growing pistachios
in Xinjiang since 2001.
At the moment, Iran produces 45
per cent of the world's supply,
the United States 25 per cent.
Prices in the international market
are usually decided by several major
pistachio companies from the two
countries, Li said.
China is one of the largest consumers
of nuts, including pistachios, in
the world. It imported more than
50,000 tons of pistachios in 2003,
accounting for 13.3 per cent of
world trade volume.
The Chinese are expected to consume
more than 150,000 tons of pistachios
a year by 2010," said Li. He said
Xinjiang's contribution would satisfy
most of the demand by then.
"By 2020, the Kashgar pistachioo
farms will rank among the top three
pistachio farms in the world, together
with the ones in Kerman, Iran, and
California, the United States,"
he said.
From the middle of the 1990s, China
started to import pistachio saplings
and started commercial experiments
in Beijing and the provinces of
Hebei and Shanxi in North China,
Shandong in East China, Yunnan in
Southwest China and Gansu in Northwest
China.
But almost all experiments failed,
Li said, until he started experimenting
with the nut in Xinjiang in 2001.
The favourable natural environment
there, its unique soil profile and
quality and abundant underground
water resources, as well as breeding
and irrigation technology developed
by Li's company, have made the region
the ideal place to grow the crop.
When the pistachio starts to bear
fruit, it could yield 75,000 yuan
(US$9,000) per hectare, which is
six to eight times higher than ordinary
cash crops such as cotton," said
Li.
Yan Xuguang, director of the poverty
relief office of the Kashgar government,
said there are 2.7 million farmers
in the area and 40 per cent of them
are now living in poverty. Grain
and cotton are two major agricultural
products in the region and the per
capita annual income of farmers
in poverty is only 870 yuan (US$100),
Yan said.
When the farm is established, a
third of local farmers will work
in the project and their income
will increase considerably, he predicted.
Source:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/27/content_412549.htm
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