Provinces and cities producing dates in Iran | Nutex

Provinces and cities producing dates in Iran | Nutex Date and Dried Fruit Production Company is one of the largest date export companies in Iran, which is active in the production and wholesale of dates. The company has experience exporting dates to Germany, Malaysia, Turkey, Russia, India, Iraq and other countries.

Provinces and cities producing dates in Iran | Nutex

Dates are one of the most valuable fruits among other fruits, the high nutritional value of which is not hidden from any expert or even ordinary people. Dates are known as one of the richest fruits in terms of having a large amount of antioxidants and fiber, a significant amount of vitamins and minerals, and therefore not only in Iran but in most countries of the world, this fruit It has a special and important place in the food table. Iran is one of the most important date producing countries in the world.

Annually, over 200,000 tons of dates are produced in Iran and more than 203,763 hectares of Iranian lands, especially in the provinces of Khuzestan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Fars, Sistan and Baluchestan and Bushehr are under the cultivation of various date groves and Given that these palms will bear fruit several years later, this amount is expected to increase in the coming years.

From this amount of date production in Iran, a large amount is spent on domestic markets, which, although still often in the traditional way and with old methods in some cities, their packaging is done and mainly in bulk, but with the emergence of important companies Collection and packaging of dates, like Nutex Company, packaging and export conditions in Iran have found the most favorable trend, and fortunately it can be said that today up to 20% of export dates in all countries of the world belong to Iran.

Of course, in many other Gulf countries, dates are always grown in Persia and some African countries, the United States or some European countries, but the rate of cultivation and harvesting of dates in these countries, where Iran is ranked second in the world, more than any other country. Of the world.

Types of export Iranian dates

From the types of dates produced in the world, based on the available information, up to 93 types of dates are produced and harvested in Iran, of which about 12 types of dates are exported to large markets and about 16 of them in Markets are distributed in Iran and throughout the cities, and others are known only locally. Most people do not know about them. The quality and variety of dates in Iran is very unique and for this reason, most major countries in the world such as Russia, Callas, Indonesia, India and China buy Iranian dates.

Some dates that have a high quality grade are collected by large and reputable Iranian companies such as Nutex and after packaging in the best forms and export structures and exported to most countries in a fully mechanized and hygienic manner, and some The other, whose quality is considered second and third grade, is often converted into date juice in the same companies and with completely principled and professional methods, and again as a completely Iranian and organic product or with a very high nutritional value. Exported to global and domestic markets.

It was the last time in 2004 that the Statistics and Information Technology Office of Iran, in cooperation with the provinces with the area under date cultivation, succeeded in recording the production and yield of 9 main cultivars of Iranian dates. Over 242 thousand tons, colonial dates up to 96 thousand tons, royal dates over 51 thousand tons, rabbi dates over 20 thousand tons, barhi dates over 10 thousand tons, late dates over 4 thousand tons and Pyaram dates up to 6 One thousand tons per year are produced in Iran. Based on this, it can be said that the amount of pyramid production in the date-producing provinces of Iran is more than 383 thousand tons per year.

 While the most types of dates produced in Iran, Mazafati dates with a volume of 25% of total dates in Iran and Diri dates with a volume of 5% of total dates have the lowest amount, although many other types of dates produced in Iran, which are close to 82 Other types of dates are not included in this statistic and it is due to the lower production volume of this type of dates.

Apart from Kerman, Khuzestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan provinces, Fars, Isfahan, Kermanshah and some other cities in Iran also cultivate and produce dates. Based on the above information, it can be said that the area under cultivation of groves in Iran is about 195 thousand hectares, of which Khazma Mazafati in the area of ​​about 35 thousand hectares, kebabs in the area of ​​about 24 thousand hectares, colonization in the area of ​​about 18 thousand hectares And Shahani has about 11,000 hectares more areas under groves. Also, Mazafati dates with 6880 kg of date harvest per hectare have the highest yield per hectare, followed by Pyaram dates with 6400 kg per hectare and Kabkab with 5794 kg per hectare have the highest yield and profit.

The main groves of Iran

As explained, the provinces of Khuzestan, Bushehr, Fars, Kerman, Hormozgan and Sistan and Baluchestan have the largest amount of groves in Iran and most of the dates produced in these provinces are first class and extremely high quality. But apart from these provinces, Yazd, Isfahan, Kermanshah, South Khorasan, Ilam, Semnan, Kohkiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces and some other cities can also be recognized as date producing provinces.

Meanwhile, Kerman province with the production of 277 hectares of dates has the largest volume of date production in Iran, the variety of which is exemplary. But Kermanshah province with 6410 kg of date harvest per hectare has the highest or best yield among other provinces. After Kerman, Hormozgan province with 39 thousand hectares, Sistan and Baluchestan with 39 thousand hectares, Khuzestan with 37 thousand hectares, Bushehr with 34 thousand hectares and Fars with 29 thousand hectares are in the next categories. Accordingly, in terms of production after Kerman, Hormozgan province with 152 thousand tons, Bushehr with 146 thousand tons and Sistan and Baluchestan with 143 thousand tons and then Khuzestan province with 142 thousand tons have the highest date production in Iran.

With regard to this issue, it should be added that there is potential and production capacity up to twice the current capacity or even more in Iran, which requires more investment and support for this strategic product.

Companies such as Nutex Company, by direct investment in this way, have been able to collect a large volume of quality and first-class dates in all of these cities in Iran and in a very systematic process, wash and pack these dates and in the best Storage and transportation conditions with the best and most equipped vehicles have been responsible for the distribution and export of first-class Iranian dates inside and outside Iran.

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