The price of each number of pistachio kernels has risen to 1,700 Tomans

Thursday 1 February 1402
While Iran’s share of the global pistachio market has fallen to an unprecedented rate and has fallen below 18 percent, domestic consumption has also fallen following a skyrocketing price rise, as far as reports show the average annual pistachio consumption for each Iranian is below one kilogram.

According to the report of Tejarat News Economic Site, currently a kilo of packed pistachio saline is worth at least 1,784,000 tomans; this means that the price of each pistachio seed is approximately 1,700 tomans.

The dollar rate fluctuation has increased exponentially. Pistachio market participants have repeatedly said that the price of this product changes with the dollar rate.

The prices of millions of pistachio varieties have removed or restricted this nutritious product from the shopping basket of many Iranians; however, reports show that its foreign market is also not in good condition, so that the monopoly of the pistachio market is now out of Iran’s hands and its exports have fallen sharply.

Pistachio along with saffron and carpets are the most important non-oil export commodities in Iran, whose exports increase non-oil revenues. However, as a result of the inefficient management of various Islamic Republic governments, all three products have lost their positions in global markets in recent years, and their domestic production has faced challenges.