Export dates to Russia

It is a monocotyledonous and tropical plant belonging to the family of palms, which has an edible fruit with a hard core, thin skin and a sweet taste that hangs from the branch in the form of large clusters, and its leaves are large. The height of the palm is 10 to 20 meters. or it reaches more, the unripe date fruit is called khark or khark. A wet date is not a date. A wet date is the stage before the date is fully ripened, which has more moisture and less sugar than a fully ripe date. The date fruit is one of the set fruits, which means that the entire thin part of it is fleshy and contains food. Dates have been part of the human diet since ancient times. existed and was one of the oldest fruits discovered by man. Exporting dates to Russia is very important because there is a large surplus of dates in the country, but there are problems in this field that we will address.

The export of dates to Russia is subject to export duties
This year, the production of dates reaches about one million tons, but the export of dates in the first eight months of this year is estimated at about 8 thousand tons, which means that the export of this product has faced a decrease of 270 to 280 thousand tons of exports.

The country is now faced with a large amount of date inventory, and a product that has a surplus of production is questionable.

Therefore, it is predicted that a part of the decrease in date exports this year is the result of the imposition of duties on this product last year. Those involved in this sector believe that the new decision for dates cannot be viewed with the same eye as the previous decisions, and the positive point of the story is where the authorities announced the They have informed the exporters about the export duties two months earlier.

Date export problems to Russia
The problems of exporting dates have been challenging the exporters for several years. Dates have been associated with an increase in exports in recent years due to the increase in consumption and also entering different aspects. Dates are mostly known for their use in the field of food, which is used in areas such as daily consumption, especially compotes and jams, etc.
In fact, dates can be considered as a long-term source of income for the country’s exports.

Because unlike oil, which eventually runs out one day, dates are permanent. In other aspects, food is a daily need and it cannot be easily bypassed. Several cases can clearly define the importance of exports.

The best dates for export to Russia
Among Iran’s date producers, Mozafati date has a good position and besides it has many exports, it is planted in Bam, the most expensive date for export among the available dates is Pyaram date, which is grown in Haji Abad.

Examining the problems of exporting dates to Russia
Although the export of dates is struggling with problems, which have occupied the minds of many managers of date exporting companies, the most important problem at the moment is price instability.

In fact, due to the special conditions prevailing in the market today, the prices change on a daily basis, and the instability of the currency price can also be detrimental to date exporters, which is a very important issue. Because it is not possible to communicate well with exporting countries and their markets.

Packaging in the export of dates to Russia
In the field of export, packaging is also very important, due to the increase in the price of paper and packaging raw materials, the costs of packaging and design have also increased.
Most countries pay special attention to the packaging for buying dates. It may be interesting to know that people in different countries like different colors, for example, in China, red and orange colors are very popular, and this makes the date exporters pack different colors. To choose the type of dates, it is very important to pay attention to the color and psychological aspects of the appearance of the product.

Date export market potentials to Russia
With a population of over 144 million people, Russia is part of the European continent and one of the countries dependent on the import of food products, which annually imports and consumes many of the food it consumes from other countries.

The consumption of dates is very popular in Russia, and in terms of statistics, the consumption of dates in Russia is reported to be much higher than the world average, and for this reason, the export of dates to Russia is highly prosperous. Considering the population of 25 million Muslims in Russia, there is a potential market for dates in this country, and many merchants have paid attention to this point and were active in this market years ago.

Exporting all kinds of dates to Russia
Exporting dates to Russia has been a common activity of Iranian businessmen, and Russia is one of the buyers of Iranian dates, and large quantities of Iranian dates are exported to Russia every year. The most important types of dates exported from Iran to Russia are Mozafati dates, Pyaram dates and Kabkab dates.

At present, the largest amount of date exports to Russia is related to Mozafati dates, Iranian Zahedi dates are also exported to Russia for industrial use and the liquor industry, the largest amount of which is exported to Russia after being exported to Pakistan and changing the packaging or brand. .

The cost of exporting dates to Russia
In terms of tonnage, dates have the largest export volume in the list of dry fruit export products from Iran to Russia.

The cost of exporting dates to Russia indirectly is calculated at about 6 thousand dollars for a container weighing twenty tons, and about 3 thousand dollars is added to this amount through the Russian border.

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