Dates are a high nutrient product with nearly one million 200,000 tons annually
Date palms are produced

in 203,776 hectares of date palm provinces including Kerman, Hormozgan, Fars, Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan, Khuzestan and Bushehr and are supplied to domestic markets or for export of dates.
According to available statistics, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Algeria, Iraq, Sudan, Oman and Libya are the top 10 producers of dates in the world, with Iran ranking second.
Export of dates is one of the important agricultural export items of Iran
Iran produces more than 93 varieties of dates with eight to 12 varieties of commercial use.
Mohsen Rashid Farrokhi »In a conversation with economic correspondent of Iran on Saturday, Iran's production dates are varied and high quality. That has good value.

According to him, a large part of Iran-produced dates, which are of high quality and taste, are consumed by food, and a small portion of non-quality third-grade dates, which are used for animal feed for various reasons, including human storage conditions. Be.

Farrokhi called one of the problems of date makers "grammatical pricing" and said that the price of dates should be determined by supply and demand, while the product is purchased through guaranteed purchases; Kg of Mazafat dates are offered at fruit and vegetable fields at a rate of 6,700 tomans, but retailers in the upper part of the city may also sell for between 10 and 15,000 tomans.