Exhibitors and visitors agreed: The 29th edition of Iran agrofood was an overwhelming success.

Ramin Ahmadzadeh of Efpromm emphasised “The show was great, and as far as serious customers are concerned, I can say it was beyond our expectations.”

It was the massive influx of well over 40,000 visitors and the thousands and thousands of serious B2B meetings that made this edition so successful for the 616 exhibitors from 17 countries exhibiting in 18 halls, up from 311 exhibitors last year.

The strong growth reflects positive IMF and World Bank assessments, a recovery in consumption and a strong expansion in imports and exports – see Economic outlook Iran by GTAI of 13 May 2022.

The halls were literally stormed, full of exhibitors and trade visitors engaged in business talks.

The decades-long success story of Iran agrofood as the most important agrofood platform for Iran and its neighbouring countries thus continues with the 2022 event.

Organised by the German trade fair specialists fairtrade and their Iranian partner Palar Samaneh, the 29th edition took place at the Tehran International Permanent Fairgrounds from 17 to 20 June 2022.

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• Iran ranks among the top five producers worldwide of apricots, cherries, sour cherries, cucumbers and gherkins, dates, eggplants, figs, pistachios, quinces, saffron, walnuts and watermelons. Moreover, the country is rich in agricultural produce such as caviar, oilseeds, rice and wheat.
• Of course, Iranian food producers are primarily serving their huge domestic market of 85 million. And with their participation at iran food + hospitality, they benefit from professional visitors from all over the country.
• However, as iran food + hospitality also succeeds to attract thousands of professional food traders from the world over, export-oriented Iranian food producers participate at the show to market and sell their products internationally.

• 11,200 businesses      
• 400,000 jobs
• Total value add US$ 3.81 billion - 11% of all the value added created by the industrial sector
• Almost all raw materials for food processing produced domestically
• 150 million tons of raw materials
• Dairy products - biggest share in Iran’s total food exports
• US$ 773 million worth of dairy products over 2016/2017 - 25% increase in value compared to previous year
• Yoghurt US$ 218 million | Cheese US$ 187 million | Milk powder US$ 129 million | Cream and ice cream US$ 20 million.*

* Kaveh Zargaran, Chairman Agricultural Commission Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, Tejarat-e Farda, July 2017