Date / Dates

Similar to milk, honey and grapes, dates are considered a complete diet and a very important item of food. With plenty of vitamins and minerals, date have 25% more potassium than bananas while being free of fats, sodium, and cholesterol. Dates play an important role in the diet and treatment of obesity and are the most important source of energy and food in date producing areas.

The most exquisite species of dates are produced in Iran. The fruit has a large variety and more than 400 varieties of the fruit, some of which acclaimed worldwide, are produced in the southern, southwestern, and southeastern palm groves of Iran. There exists a good opportunity and a large potential for trade in this commodity in Iran. Due to climatic restrictions and the tropical nature of the date palm, dates are produced in 14 provinces of Iran together with Ghasre Shirin and Soumar in Kermanshah province, Tabas in the southern Khorassan province, Khor and Biabanak in Isfahan province, Taroud in Semnan province and extending from central to southern Iran.

In the year 1997, about 230 thousand hectares of land were under date palm cultivation, 83.6 percent of which are productive. Hormozgan province, with a date productivity rate of 29.7 %, ranks first in the country followed by the provinces of Kerman, Khouzestan, Boushehr, and Fars, having a productivity rate of 18.8, 16.2, 11.8, and 11.6 percentage respectively. The production of dates from 192 hectares of palm groves in the country is approximately 877 tons with Kerman province (including Jiroft area) having the highest production share of 22.7 percent. Iran is the largest producer and exporter of dates in the world with exports of 51.2 and 59.3 thousand tons in the years 1996 and 1997 respectively

As far back as 4000 years B.C. dates were already appreciated and commercially cultivated in what is known to day as southern Iraq. In the Old World, the near East and Africa are the regions where dates are grown in large quantities.

 In recent years Iran has been a is a leading dates fruit producer in the world with an annual production of 900000 metric tons from 218000 ha of cultivated Land.

Date palms grown mainly in South, South East, and South West of the country, and with less important in central of Iran.

In Iran dates are harvested only per hand, the traditional orchards dose not permits any kind of mechanization for harvesting. The Fruits are harvested, graded and packed in the Orchard,then transported to the cold storage. In recent years there are rapid development in constructing of cold storage's. There are more and less still traditional stores for keeping dates, with high losses therefore our aim is to industrialize dates harvesting, packaging and disinfest

Sair (Sayer) Date

Iranian Sayer dates are semi-dry with a moisture content under 16%. They are usually harvested in October and have a dark brown color. They have a shelf life of approximately 18 months at room temperature. The The Iranian Sayer Date is available in grades GAQ, FAQ and industrial as whole dates, in pitted or non-pitted forms, and are also available as chopped date, that are either non-coated or they may be rolled in dextrose or rice flour.

A. Sayer Date available as Pitted or Un-pitted