Iran exports 90% of kiwi harvest

Kiwi fruit is a small fruit about 4 inches long and weighing about 5 ounces with the brown skin and the bright green body stippled with little black seeds. Its green smooth body is nearly like cream in body with an energizing taste suggestive of melons, strawberries and bananas, also with its own singular sweet taste. Kiwifruit is a superior origin of vitamin C and an excellent source of dietary fiber. also, kiwifruit is a good origin of the antioxidant vitamin E.In addition, it’s a pleasant source of the minerals magnesium, potassium and copper.

He went on to say that unlike citrus fruits - over 80% of the annual 4m-ton production of which is consumed within the country – kiwi was a 100% commercial fruit, and so over 90% of Iran kiwi production was exported, while the rest 10% was sent to the domestic markets.

Padam called on the government to prepare an accurate programming to back kiwi export and said that in case the executive departments fail to support kiwi production, the gardeners would be obliged to suffer a gross loss, while the regional economy would be faced with a serious damage.

He reiterated that presently Tonekabon was annually producing over 50,000 tons of kiwi from a land area as large as 2,000 hectares, and so was producing about 85% of the whole county’s kiwi production.

According to Padam, over 70,000 tons of the state kiwi production was cultivated in 3,500 hectares.

Referring to the fact that kiwi cultivation was quite economical in comparison with other types of fruits and particularly the citrus productions, Padam added that kiwi’s easy and fast fruiting, abundant production after the third year of implantation, average production expenses and fair price have all encouraged the gardeners to welcome kiwi production.

He further underlined the quality of Iranian kiwi and said that the Iranian kiwi productions were not polluted by pesticides and so were unique in the world.

In conclusion, Padam referred to the fact that kiwi’s wastage was controllable and so noted that kiwi wastage was controllable in case Concentrate factories were constructed in the country.