Walnut trade update: Chinese and Malaysian walnuts enter the Iranian market

    On November 15, Iran's Hamshahri newspaper reported that Seyed Mostafa Hosseini, chairman of the Tehran Dried Fruit Association, told the media that recently, walnuts of unknown origin had been smuggled into the Iranian market from the west, but had not yet affected Iran's dried fruit market. 

    Hosseini said there are reports that the smuggled walnuts may come from China and Malaysia.