Iran’s exports of ornamental plants on rise

Over 17,500 ornamental plants were exported from Iran’s
Noshahr Port in a period of one month beginning on December 22, the head of
Iran’s agricultural department in the northern province of Mazandaran said.

Some 17,649,000 ornamental plants as well as 458 tons of
kiwifruits were exported from Noshahr Port from December 22 to January 20,
2023, Javad Mahmoodi said recently.

Iran has 17th place in the world in the production of
flowers and ornamental plants, but it is ranked 107th in terms of export.

Every year, three billion flowers and ornamental plants are
produced in the country, of which only 300 million are exported. 50 percent of
the produced flowers are sold domestically and the rest is thrown away.

Khorasan Razavi province, in the northeast of Iran, accounts
for the lion’s share of rose export from the country, according to the chairman
of the Iranian Rose Society.

Underlining that the majority of roses are exported from
Khorasan Razavi, Mehdi Samangani said, “Rose is the strategic flower of
Khorasan Razavi, because the main export of roses from Iran is done from this
province.”

Currently, roses are one of the most popular flowers in the
world and are at the top in terms of production.

The US, Britain, The Netherlands, Kenya, Colombia, Ecuador,
South Africa, and India are the main producers of roses in the world.