GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1606
ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025
INDIAN TEA EXPORT TO IRAN
1606. SHRI JAGADISH SHETTAR:
Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (वाणिज्य और उद्योग मंत्री) be
pleased to state :-
(a) whether the Iran-Israel Conflict halted the Indian Tea Export to Iran, which
has been the significant Importer...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1606 ANSWERED ON 29.07.2025 INDIAN TEA EXPORT TO IRAN
1606. SHRI JAGADISH SHETTAR:
Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (वाणिज्य और उद्योग मंत्री) be
pleased to state :-
(a) whether the Iran-Israel Conflict halted the Indian Tea Export to Iran, which has been the significant Importer from India; and
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps being taken in speeding up the delivery in the prevailing situation? ANSWER वाणिज्य और उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री णिणिन प्रसाद) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) & (b): No reports of Indian tea exports being impacted due to the Iran-Israel conflict have been received, ratherTea exports from India to Iran have grown from 29.62 million USD in 2023 to 40.81 million USD in 2024. Further, in the period January-June 2025, Tea exports to Iran stood at 23.21 million USD as against 20.38 million USD in the same period of previous year, showing an increase of 13.89 %.
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