Hormozgan Exports 558,000 Tons of Agricultural Products in First Half of Year

Bandar Abbas – The acting head of the Plant Protection Management at the Hormozgan Agricultural Jihad Organization said Hormozgan exported more than 558,000 tons of agricultural products through plant quarantine points in the first six months of the current year.

Bandar Abbas - Head of Plant Protection Management of Hormozgan Agricultural Jihad Organization said: Hormozgan exported more than 558,000 tons of agricultural products from plant quarantine grounds in the first six months of this year.

According to Ambassador Arjan Mohsen Bawqar, head of plant protection management of this organization, explaining the performance of the province's quarantines in the first six months of this year, he announced the continuation of the growing trend of trade in agricultural products from the sources of this province and stated: In this period, 558 thousand tons of agricultural products were exported from the plant quarantines of the province.

Referring to Hormozgan's strategic role in the international trade of agricultural products, he added: In the same period, 262 thousand tons of import and 198 thousand tons of transit of agricultural products were also carried out from plant quarantine bases of the province.

Boqar pointed out that this operation was carried out under the strict supervision of quarantine experts from the plant quarantine centers of Shahid Bahonar, Shahid Rajaei, Bandarlange, Parsian, Sirik, Jask and Qeshm.

In the end, the supervisor of plant protection management of the Hormozgan Agricultural Jihad Organization emphasized: preserving the health of agricultural products in the cycle of export, import and transit is the red line of this management, and quarantine experts are fully prepared and monitor the exchange of plant products around the clock in the provinces, so that while protecting the country's food security and plant resources, the path of legal and health-oriented trade continues smoother than ever.