TEHRAN (FNA)- Managing Director of Sugar Cane and Byproducts Development Company said his company is the only producer of pharma sugar in the Middle East and has taken a major stride in line with self-sufficiency and independence from pharma sugar imports.
Abd Ali Naseri said Sugar Cane and Byproducts Development Company supplies pharma sugar for 63 pharmaceutical companies.
Iran needs 12,000 tons pharma sugar per year and Hakim Farabi Agriculture and Industry Company has the capacity to produce 15,000 tons of pharma sugar per year, he said.
With this amount of production, grounds have been prepared for exports, Naseri added.
He went on to say that pharma sugar is one of the main and strategic products of Sugar Cane and Byproducts Development Company which is also produced by a few companies in Europe, US, China and Brazil.
Naseri reiterated that Iran is among important producers of pharma sugar in the world.
Pharma sugar had earlier been imported from European states, but due to sanctions and lack of access to this kind of sugar and thanks to its importance in preserving society’s health, Iran put on the agenda producing it.
After the coronavirus outbreak, the company is now producing alcohol and pharma sugar for pharmaceutical companies.
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