In this article, we intend to introduce the most important types of Iranian dates that are cultivated at a significant level and are considered as commercial date cultivars.
Iran, is one of the largest producers of dates in the world. Based on statistics, Iran production exceeds to more than one million metric tons of dates annually and this amount has a significant share in the production and export of dates internationally. Iran has hot and wet wether in many of its provinces and Iranian Dates are widely cultivated in seven provinces of the country.
What types of dates are grown in Iran?
Dates are a monocotyledonous, tropical plant that belongs to the genus of palms. The date fruit is edible and has a hard core, thin skin and a sweet taste that hangs in the form of large clusters from the branches. The date species is widespread mainly in the northern hemisphere and in Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries bordering the Persian Gulf, as well as most of North Africa and the United States, and is also found in the southern hemisphere.
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Piarom dates are one of the commercial and first-class dates in Iranian market. There are a special variety of export dates due to their good quality and high marketability.
Piarom dates is considered to be second most consumed dates in Iran market and also have so far been able to attract the attention of global markets especially in Arab culture and it is considered an expensive sort of dates.
Price of Piarom dates differs based on the quality of product and its packaging type. However, a normal type of Piarom dates starts from 2.5 USD per kg for FOB prices.
Mazafati Dates
Mazafati date is one of the most deliciious types of dates fromIran, which has more than half of Iran’s date production volume.
Mazafati date has a higher moisture content than other types of dates, which has led to its unique taste and of course needs special caring in shipment and storage. The highest domestic consumption of dates in the central and northern regions of the country is Mazafati dates, which has a high demand in the Iran market.
In which areas of the country are most Mazafati dates produced?
Mazafati is produced in south areas of Iran such as Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces, and these areas have a major share in the country’s date production.
The cities of Bam, Saravan, Barvat and Jiroft are the most important centers for the production of Mazafati dates and many storage and coldstores are filled with Mazafati dates in these cities. Mazafati Dates are having a dark brownish color and sometimes in some variations black color. It is important to control the quality paraments of storage of Mazafati dates and avoid joice release in Mazafati dates. Mazafati dates has different pricing based on its quality and packaging type. However a normal quality Mazafati dates with normal packaging type (600gr cartoons) are mainly starting from 1.5 USD per kg based on FOB prices.
Zahedi Dates
Zahedi date or Qasb date is one of the high selling dates in Iran and in the world due to its special and special color, wonderful taste and of course very simple storage and storage conditions.
The best type of Zahedi date has a light brown or chocolate brown color. Zahedi dates or Qasb dates, which is called Zahedi in Arabic, is one of the attractive dates for export to Arab countries, Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Cultivation of Zahedi dates in Iran
Zahedi date is cultivated in different parts of Iran and its palm is one of the palms resistant to different tropical climatic conditions. These dates are mainly cultivated in Kazerun, Khorramshahr, Ahvaz, Qir and Karzin, Farashband, Borazjan, Bushehr, Firoozabad, Lar, Khuzestan and sometimes in other cities of Iran.
Zahedi dates are often harvested in late September, which sometimes lasts until early autumn. This date, as described, is semi-dry and easily falls to the ground near harvest time and is one of the late ripening dates. Khark and dry type of this date is widely used, but it also has wet or semi-dry type.
Zahedi Dates are mostly stored in room temperature and its storage condition is not required to use refrigeration.
Zahedi dates are mostly packed in 10 kg big cartoons with vacuumed Cellophane cover and prices starts from 0.7 USD per kg based on FOB prices.
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