The chairman of the Agriculture Committee of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives (ICC) said the country is exporting quality honey to 22 countries around the world.

Arsalan Qasemi put the country’s value of honey export at $5.6 million, naming China, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Germany, Britain, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Iraq, and Lebanon as the most important export destinations of Iranian honey.

According to the latest census of the country's apiaries by the Agriculture Ministry, the production of honey is 136,000 tons in the country, a board member of the Iran Beekeepers Association announced, Tehran Times reported.

Mohammad Fekri said that with producing 30,000 tons of honey per annum, West Azarbaijan province supplies more than 22 percent of the country's annual honey, East Azarbaijan, Fars, Ardebil and Kermanshah provinces come next, and about 43 percent of the honey is produced in other provinces.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations also reported that Iran ranked 3rd in the world in terms of honey production.

According to the statistics of FAO, Iran holds the third rank in the world in honey production terms.

Production of high-quality honey in Iran has helped the country to stand higher than other countries in the global ranking.

FAO pointed out that Iran produced 80,000 tons and 77,000 tons of high-quality honey in 2021 and 2022 respectively.