According to WTO’s International Trade Statistics, the value of Iran’s exports of agricultural products in 1990 was $601 million. This value increased to $932 million in 2000, $2911 million in 2006, $3512 million in 2007 and finally $3577 million in 2008. Accordingly, the share of agricultural products exports in 2000 and 2008 were both 3.2% of Iran’s total value of exports.

The most important items are:

1. Wheat,
2. Rice,
3. Barley,
4. Potato,
5. Grains,
6. Sugar-beet,
7. Cotton,
8. Fresh & dried fruits (including citrus),
9. Dates,
10. Nuts such as almond, walnut and Pistachio,
11. Fruits,
12. Barberry (Zereshk),
13. Livestock products include lamb, goat, meat, beef, poultry, milk, eggs, butter, cheese
14. Spices such as cumin, sumac, and Saffron,
15. Dairy products,
16. Wool,
17. Fishes such as salmon, carp, trout, pike, sturgeon and Caviar,
18. Flowers and medicinal plants,
19. Corn,
20. Tea,
21. Hemp,
22. Tobacco,
23. potatoes,
24. Legumes (beans and lentils),
25. Vegetables,
26. Fodder plants (alfalfa and clover)