TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) � An official has announced that Iran has recommenced exports of eggs to Iraq though total exports of the product have halved as compared to the previous year.


Head of the Board of Directors at Tehran�s Union of Producers of Egg-Laying Chicken Nasser Nabipour said egg exports to Iraq�started again four days ago asserting �in view of Turkey�s strong presence in Iraq, our exports to the neighboring country has not been significant.�

�A total of 13 thousand tons of eggs were exported in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (began March 20),� noted the official adding �we deployed 24 thousand tons of eggs in the same period last year indicating a 50-percent decline.�

Nabipour referred to that fact that the daily exports volume resides between 150 to 200 tons at the present time; �given that Pakistan is not supplying egg demands of Afghanistan, the Afghans import the product form Iran.�

�Egg export boom requires the government�s cooperation and assistance as it can consider proper incentives for exporters,� he concluded.

By Mehr News Agency