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The importance of watermelon among fruits and vegetables
Watermelon is one of the most popular fruits and vegetables, which is not only pleasant and refreshing in the hot seasons of the year, but also fulfills the body’s main need for water. About the health benefits of watermelon, you can read dozens of articles that recommend the use of this product.
Watermelon has very low calories and is even recommended for weight loss. In summer, when body cells need water, watermelon can be the best fruit to use, which can be consumed both sliced and as juice.
The largest producers of watermelons and exporters of watermelons.
Watermelon cultivation is more suitable in areas with longer summers and hot and relatively humid weather.
The largest producer of watermelon in the world is definitely China, which produces more than 60 million tons annually. If we ignore China, it can be said that the top watermelon producers are Turkey, India, Iran, Brazil, Egypt and several other countries, and each of them has a production between 1 and 2 million tons per year.
Every year, Iran is among the first few countries in the list of the largest producers and exporters of watermelons in the world, with a production of about 3 million tons.
Among the countries that export watermelons, the name of Iran can be seen again, and it is next to countries such as Spain, Mexico and Morocco as the largest exporters of watermelons in the world.
The largest destination countries for watermelons
Among the biggest watermelon importing countries are the United States, Germany, France, Canada, Iraq, the Netherlands and Poland.
Iran’s watermelon is also one of the popular watermelons in different countries, such as Iraq, UAE, Russia, Kuwait, Oman, Turkey and European countries such as Germany, Holland, Greece and Poland. Of course, every year many countries tend to buy watermelons from Iran and seek to find good quality watermelons in Iran.
popular watermelons in the world
Watermelon is one of the products that has a very high variety and in every country, you can find local and specific watermelons that cannot be exported or are not in demand in other countries.
Watermelon can be divided in different aspects. For example, based on whether they are round or oval, the color of their skin is light green or dark green, whether they are coarse-grained or fine-grained, or even whether they are red or yellow or pink.
Some examples of watermelon varieties in world markets are:
- Sugar baby
- Blacktail Mountain
- Golden Midget
- Black Diamond
- Charleston Gray
- Cream of Saskatchewan
- Mountain Sweet Yellow
- Moon and stars
- Crimson Sweet
- Georgia rattlesnake
- Sweet Beauty
Watermelon production in Iran
Iran has a diverse climate that is suitable for growing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Watermelon can also be produced according to weather conditions in most cities of Iran in different time periods. For example, in the northern provinces, it is harvested in the middle of the summer season, while in the southern provinces, the harvest begins in late winter and early spring.
Iran’s annual production is very high and nearly 3 million tons. With this amount of production, Iran has become one of the most attractive countries for watermelon buyers in the world. Watermelon production with high tonnage is done from the end of winter for about 4 months, and the southern provinces have the highest amount of production.
Watermelon producing cities in Iran
Watermelon can be found in several cities of Iran in every season of the year, some examples are presented below:
Spring: Jiroft and Kohnouj, Minab, Iranshahr and Dezful
Summer: Damghan, Varamin, Semnan, Mashhad, Isfahan, Hamadan, Tabriz, Miandoab
Autumn: Dezful
Winter: Minab, Jiroft and Kahnuj