The exports rose by 17 percent compared to the same period in the preceding year, he noted.
Fishery exports stood at $123 million in the previous calendar year, he added.
He referred to Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, as the main buyers of Iranian fishery products.
In November, 2012, the Mehr News Agency quoted Golshahi as saying that Iran has exported over $112 million worth of sea products since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 20.
He added that 27,521 tons of sea products have been exported to U.S., Canada, Australia, Italy, Spain, Egypt, Kuwait, the UAE, Lebanon, Vietnam, Chin, and South Korea.
Some 250 kilograms of caviar has also been exported during the period of time, he noted.
In October, the deputy agriculture minister said the value of exports of Iran’s fishery sector will surpass $350 million in the current calendar year.
“The exports stood at $210 million last year,” Gholamreza Razeqi said, IRNA reported.
Some 4,000 tons of shrimp, valued at around $17 million, was exported last year to the UAE, Kuwait, Lebanon, Australia and Spain, he said, adding that infrastructures have been provided to export 500 kilograms of caviar in the current year.
MNA
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