Kerman Commerce Development Company

What Kerman Commerce Development Company does

Kerman Commerce Development Company (KCD) is a privately held, vertically integrated pistachio processor and exporter founded in 1991 in Kerman, Iran, by Mohsen Jalalpour. The company operates more than 200 hectares of company-owned pistachio orchards around Kerman, Rayen, and Rafsanjan, and manages an additional 500+ hectares of family orchards under incoming quality control. Company-owned orchards deliver roughly 500 MT of pistachio annually. KCD runs a 24,000 m² facility with more than 12,000 m² of production area, organized into five fully automatic specialized lines covering hygienic sun drying, naturally open in-shell, mechanically opened in-shell, pistachio kernels, and green peeled pistachio kernels, plus a pistachio cracking line. The facility has aggregate processing capacity above 10,000 MT per crop year and holds ISO 9001:2008, ISO 22000:2005, HACCP, and HALAL certifications. On-site laboratory testing covers physical, chemical, toxic (aflatoxin), and microbiological analysis.

The company sells four core product categories — green peeled pistachio kernels, kernels with skin, naturally open in-shell pistachios, and mechanically opened in-shell pistachios — to international food manufacturers and distributors for use in meat, confectionary, chocolate, and bakery applications, and as snack products. KCD generates revenue through direct B2B export sales across the Middle East (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE), South Asia (India), Europe, North America (Canada), and Eastern Europe (Russia), with stated plans to enter Japan and Australia. The company employs approximately 700 people, split between orchard operations (~300) and processing, sales, and marketing (~400). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; given the bulk commodity nature of the business, contracts are presumed to be negotiated per customer. Revenue figures are not disclosed in available materials.

Name

Kerman Commerce Development Company

Legal name

Kerman Commerce Development Company

Website

https://kcdco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Kerman Commerce Development Company is a vertically integrated Iranian pistachio processor and exporter founded in 1991, operating 200+ hectares of company-owned orchards and a 10,000+ MT processing facility to serve food manufacturers, confectioners, and distributors across the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Asia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pistachio Processing and Export

NAICS

Noncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut Farming (11133), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (424480)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Fresh Produce Wholesale (Fruit & Vegetables) (AFAIABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local / Farm-to-Wholesale Produce Aggregation & Distribution (AFAIACAG)

Keywords

• Pistachio processing
• Pistachio export
• Green kernel production
• In-shell pistachios
• Agricultural commodities

Headquarters

HQ city

Kerman

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Pistachio Product Export: KCD generates revenue through the sale and export of processed pistachio products including naturally open in-shell pistachios, mechanically opened in-shell pistachios, pistachio kernels, kernels with skin, and green peeled pistachio kernels. Products are sold in bulk to international buyers in food industries (meat, confectionary, chocolate) and as snack products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Kerman Commerce Development Company (KCD) is a vertically integrated pistachio processor and exporter operating across horticulture, orchard management, processing, sales, and marketing. The company operates 200+ hectares of company-owned orchards and manages 500+ hectares of family orchards in the Kerman region, processing raw pistachios into in-shell pistachios, kernels with skin, and green peeled kernels at its 24,000 m² facility in Kerman, Iran, with annual processing capacity exceeding 10,000 MT. Finished products are exported in bulk to food manufacturers, confectionery and chocolate producers, and distributors across the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Asia.

Product overview

Kerman Commerce Development Company (KCD) is a vertically integrated pistachio processing and exporting company offering a portfolio of four core product categories spanning the entire value chain from orchard to export. The product line includes Green Peeled Pistachio Kernels (GPPK) for the food ingredient market, Pistachio Kernels with Skin for bakery and confectionery applications, Naturally Open In-Shell Pistachios as a premium snack product, and Mechanically Opened In-Shell Pistachios as an alternative snack format. All products are sourced from company-owned and managed orchards across the Kerman region and processed through the company's automated facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Green Kernels (Green Peeled Pistachio Kernels - GPPK) Pistachio kernels harvested before full ripeness to preserve green hue, sun-dried, shelled, dipped in boiling water to remove seed coat, and sorted into five grades by green colour intensity. Used as a food ingredient in confectionery and food manufacturing applications.
• Kernel with Skin Shelled pistachio kernels with skin intact, obtained from closed-shell (and rarely open-in-shell) pistachios. Primarily used as a food ingredient in bakery products, chocolate industry, and cooking rather than as a snack.
• Naturally Open In-Shell Pistachios In-shell pistachios that split open naturally during ripening, used as a snack. Exported raw dried in bulk; kernel content approximately 54-59%. Available in round (Fandoghi, KallehGhouchi) and long (Akbari, Ahmad Aghaee) varieties across various size grades.
• Mechanically Opened In-Shell Pistachios Closed-shell pistachios mechanically opened along the nut suture to resemble naturally open pistachios. Used as snacks; has a lower kernel weight to in-shell ratio compared to naturally open pistachios.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kcdpistachio

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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