Financial Tribune- Iran exported 700,000 tons of apples in the past crop year (July 2017-18), which is more than twice the volume of exports in the preceding crop year.

The total amount of annual apple production in Iran is around 3.7 million tons, about one-fifth of which is exported, mainly to Iraq, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, the UAE, India, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Tajikistan and Russia, IRNA reported.