Ofufuza EastFruit Dziwani kuti pofika kumapeto kwa 2021, dziko la Iran likuyenera kukhala m'modzi mwa anthu asanu omwe amagulitsa mbatata zamalonda padziko lonse lapansi. Kutumiza kwa mbatata ku Iran mu 2021 kudakwera ndi 16% ndikufikira matani 855.
Nthawi yomweyo, pali mayiko asanu ndi limodzi a malo a post-Soviet pakati pa misika yayikulu kwambiri ya mbatata yaku Iran: Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan ndi Ukraine! Kuchokera pa 14 mpaka 19, pali mayiko ena asanu a m'derali, omwe ndi: Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan ndi Moldova. Kuphatikiza apo, kunali kukwera kwakukulu kwa kupezeka kwa mbatata kumayiko a post-Soviet space komwe kunapatsa Iran mbiri yogulitsa mbatata kunja kwa 2021. Kupatula apo, ogulitsa ena akuluakulu, monga lamulo, adachepetsa kugula kwawo mbatata kuchokera ku Iran: Afghanistan idachepetsa zogulira kunja ndi 17%, ndipo Iraq idachulukitsa kuwirikiza kawiri.
Kutumiza kwa mbatata zaku Iran ku Uzbekistan kudakwera pafupifupi nthawi 37 pachaka, ku Russia - ndi ka 20, ku Ukraine pafupifupi nthawi 100. Azerbaijan inali, monga mwachizolowezi, msika waukulu kwambiri wa mbatata zaku Iran m'maiko onse omwe anali pambuyo pa Soviet (matani 167), koma amalonda amakhulupirira kuti uku kunali kuitanitsa mbatata ku Azerbaijan chifukwa chotumizanso ku Russia. Ngakhale zili choncho, zotumizira ku Azerbaijan zidakula ndi 73% pachaka. Uzbekistan idagula matani 146 a mbatata ku Iran mchaka chimodzi. Kutumiza kwa mbatata zaku Iran kupita ku Turkmenistan kuwirikiza kawiri pachaka mpaka matani 77 ochititsa chidwi.
Dziwani kuti kuwonjezera ku Iran, Pakistan ikuwonjezeranso zinthu ku Eastern Europe ndi mayiko aku Central Asia. Mwa njira, nyengo ino, Mbatata yozizira ku Pakistan idacha kale, kuposa nthawi zonse.