Publish Date: 3 July 2023 - 13:31

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – A total of 18.5 tons of farmed caviar and 4,600 tons of sturgeon meat were produced in Iran in fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 20), according to an official of the Iran Fisheries Organization.

“The number of caviar farms in the country increased from 16 to 20 from fiscal 2012-13 to fiscal 2021-22 to 195 farms in 22 provinces of Iran in fiscal 2022-23, of which 145-150 have undertaken mass production,” Nasser Karami-Rad was also quoted as saying by ILNA.

The major importers of Iranian caviar are EU countries, as well as China, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, Kuwait, UAE, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lebanon, etc.

MNA/PR