Watermelon is a familiar and popular fruit among all the people of the world. Iran’s exported watermelon is planted in most regions of the country, and in most regions of our country, it is abundantly cultivated in high-quality and diverse breeds.
This delicious and juicy fruit, which is usually seen more in the summer season, has more than 1200 varieties. In the following, we will learn about the types of watermelons exported by Iran and other countries.
The original birthplace of watermelon is India. For this reason, its name (Hind Vane) has become famous as the fruit of India.
Types of watermelon in Iran
Qarghi, Mehboobi, Jahormi, Khanami are among the varieties of native watermelons in Iran, which are still either not fully known or have not been studied. But Turkmen, Sharifabad and Hamadani watermelons are the most well-known.
Turkmen watermelon
This watermelon is one of the watermelons that are planted in the dry season and it is enough to rain once in the right time for this product to grow dramatically.
Demi watermelon (yellow and red)
This type of watermelon is known as rainfed because it is irrigated with rainwater, and it has a green and striped skin, round and spherical, small and sweet. This plant grows on the ground.
Watermelon Sharif Abad
Sharif Abad watermelon, which is a watermelon with very thin skin and medium size, round shape and red flesh, has a sweet and pleasant taste, and it is suitable for consumption in the place or in the market near the place of production, because it has a thin cucumber skin in transportation to places. It hurts around the hand.
Hamadan white skin watermelon
Hamedan white-skinned watermelon is also a type of watermelon with a thick and white skin and is very suitable for storing in the warehouse. Also, due to its thick skin, it is suitable for transporting to far places.
Watermelon exporting countries
The top watermelon exporters are Spain ($747 million), Mexico ($394 million), Guatemala ($282 million), Brazil ($265 million) and Honduras ($191 million).
Countries importing watermelon from Iran
With the purchase of 100 million dollars of Iranian watermelons, Iraq is the first destination country for the export of Iranian watermelons to the world, and the United Arab Emirates and Turkey are ranked second and third in this ranking with imports of 26 million and 9 million dollars of Iranian watermelons, respectively. .
Watermelon importing countries
The top importers of watermelon are countries such as: the United States of America ($745 million), Germany ($370 million), France ($297 million), the Netherlands ($250 million) and England ($224 million).
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