Iraq, UAE among major importers of Iranian watermelons:
IRICA

According to the data released by the Islamic Republic of
Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) the two Arab countries of Iraq and the UAE
have been among the main importers of watermelons from Iran in the past ten
months.

IRICA said in recent report that over 831,000 tons of
watermelons worth $181.573 million were exported from Iran during the first ten
months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022-January 20, 2023).

The export, according to the report, registers a 2 percent
growth year on year in the period.

The watermelons were exported to 35 countries, including
Austria, Armenia, Estonia, Afghanistan, Germany, the United Arab Emirates,
Britain, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Pakistan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Azerbaijan, Romania, Syria,
Sweden, Switzerland, Iraq, Oman, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Kuwait,
Georgia, Lebanon, Poland, Lithuania, Mongolia, the Netherlands and Greece.

Iraq and the United Arab Emirates were among the main
importers of watermelons from Iran in the said ten months.