Sayer dates is one of the popular Iranian dates specially for the export targets that this dates is among the sweetest dates around the world. some people call it Stamaran,Sambaran and Sambon.because of being popular in international market ,sayer dates has 45% export of Iranian dates.

Cultivating area:

Area of cultivation and the main production of sayer dates is in Khozstan province in south west of Iran also more than 70% of production of dates in Khozestan is for sayer dates.

specialize features of sayer dates:

Sayer dates is a semi-dry dates with moisture less than 18% that this feature can provide transporting and long time storing .the colure of sayer dates is brown that some of the cultivation are light brown and some of them are dark brown.

Harvesting time:

harvesting time of the sayer dates is in September and after harvesting and dehumidification process ,dates will sorting to 5 grade of FAQ,GAQ, Select, Super Select and Mix that is available with seed and without seed .one of the useful features of sayer that is ease of seed separation for the customers that need it for producing other products like syrup, paste and etc.

nutrients and benefits:

Sayer dates like the other type of dates are full of A,B vitamins ,Iron,fiber and photasium .because this dates is very sweet ,it is comfortable for syrup industry and most of the producers of syrup in the world are buying this dates for the producing of this nutrient product for substitution of sugar in the meals family.

Maintenance and packing :

Important point of exporting of food product is conditions of storing and transporting that fortunately because of properties of this products such as being semi-dry and less moisture , it is possible to storage for long time and transporting with non-refrigerator containers.

Dates name	Sayer Dates (Estamaran dates-sair- Sayer dates)
Persian name	خرمای سایر
Similar dates in global market	Khalas dates
Season of harvest	First of SEP till the firsts of OCT
Moisture	Less than 18 %
Cool store needed?	NO
Shelf time	1 year in best quality 2 years in good quality
Weight of 10 pieces of dates	Depends on the grade 40-70 gr
Number of dates available in 1 kg	Depends on the grade (FAQ,JAQ,select,super select) 140-240 pieces