BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 2. Potato exports have
been suspended in some provinces and major cities of Iran due to
price increases, Murtaza Motamed, Deputy Chairman of the Central
Organization for Rural Cooperatives of Iran, told local media,
Trend reports.
According to him, the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture has
ordered the shipment of potatoes from reserves to provincial
markets.
Motamed said that there is currently no problem with potato
shortages in the country and that prices are expected to normalize
with the introduction of this product to the markets in various
provinces.
Recently, a significant growth in the prices of some
agricultural products, including potatoes, has been recorded in
Iran.