Fouman County Hashemi Rice Mills & Wholesalers | Iranco
Fouman lowland milling chain, optical sort, Mowlavi brokerage and a 21-firm Hashemi directory
B2B guide to Fouman Hashemi rice — Azizi, Babak, Ghaffari, Fakhrai, Musa Ibn Jafar, Gilanjan and the Gasht lowland mill belt to Tehran buyers.
Production ecology & Hashemi positioning in Fouman lowland
Fouman County in western Gilan combines hydromorphic alluvial soils with permanent streams such as Qaleh-Rudkhan and Masuleh-Rudkhan, making it a strategic northern paddy belt; official estimates cite more than 47,000 tonnes of milled white rice per year from local fields.
Alongside the native Ali-Kazemi line, Hashemi dominates plantings; foothill night cooling lengthens ripening and improves post-cook elongation, pushing mills toward advanced sort lines that protect aroma and kernel integrity.
Hashemi SKU & co-product taxonomy
| SKU / derivative | Portfolio role | Technical specs | Processing hubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hashemi paddy | Raw input | 11–12.5% moisture after dryer | Service milling & farm buy |
| Premium Hashemi | Core white rice | Two-stage whitening, polish, laser sort | Retail, hotels, export |
| Smoked / brown | Specialty | Wood smoke, parboiling | Wellness, northern souvenirs |
| Tips / brokens | Grading stream | Trieur, vibratory screens | Catering, porridge |
| Hashemi flour | Processed | Broken-rice roller mill | Fouman cookies, pastry |
| Bran / husk | By-product | Cyclone, dust control | Feed, bedding, fuel blocks |
Paddy-to-packed rice process chain
Pre-cleaning & drying
Paddy drops from ~24% to 11–12.5% in industrial dryers.
Dehusking (fal removal)
Hard husk off; brown Hashemi with bran layer.
Whitening & polishing
Controlled abrasion; powder bran stream and glossy kernels.
Sizing & trieur
Tips, large brokens, brokens and fines by length class.
Optical color sorter
Chalky, heat-damaged, yellow and stone rejects ejected.
Polish & load-out
10–60 kg bags or bulk for Mowlavi brokers and Tehran buyers.
Traditional vs modern milling technology
| Parameter | Traditional mill | Modern plant |
|---|---|---|
| Paddy drying | Open kiln, no moisture control | Indirect hot-air dryer |
| Hulling & whitening | Worn iron friction plates | Rubber huller, abrasive whitener |
| Hashemi kernel breakage | >20% on legacy lines | <10% after retrofit |
| Length grading | Manual sieves, basic trieur | Cylinder trieur + vibratory screens |
| Final cleaning | Limited hand-pick | Optical sorter, compressed air eject |
| Packaging | Permeable 50 kg sacks | Nitrogen vacuum, MAP seal |
Geographic matrix & spatial clusters
Three belts — the Fouman–Goushlondan transit corridor, the Gasht–Gourabpas paddy plain and the Masuleh–Maklavan tourism shoulder — separate bulk milling, brand packing and traveler-facing trade.
| Belt | Chain role | Processing | Key nodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fouman–Goushlondan–Shaft corridor | Transit to Rasht–Saravan highway | Industrial packing cluster | Goushlondan IZ, Izadi plant |
| Gasht & Gourabpas lowland | Dense Hashemi paddy belt | Seasonal first-buy mills | Gasht, Kordabad, Fakhrai |
| Masuleh–Maklavan foothill | Milling plus tourism retail | Gift-style aromatic packs | Babak, Akbiya, Flaki |
Distribution mesh, wholesale & target markets
Tehran’s appetite for Gilan aromatic rice shifts trade from village bulk lots to mechanized sorting and branded packs; traders such as Gil-Kesht and Parsafood re-run genetic purity checks and ship 5–10 kg SKUs to national distribution meshes.
More than fifty village mills still run worn equipment, inflating Hashemi breakage; permeable 50 kg sacks expose lots to Caspian humidity and warehouse weevils.
Synergy with Fouman’s cookie industry turns aromatic brokens into premium flour for workshops such as Nanvabashi and Tafazzoli, capturing value from small kernels that sorting lines reject.
Hashemi milling & processing database
| Firm / brand | District | Activity | Products | Contact | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Azizi Rice Mill | Fouman / Shanbeh bazaar | Milling, sort, retail pack | Premium Hashemi; Ali-Kazemi; brokens | 09113320954 | Active |
| Babak Rice Mill | Malevan | Milling, branded pack | Superior Hashemi; local Tarom | 09118401364 | Active |
| Ghaffari Rice Mill | Mowlavi St. | Milling, bulk dispatch | Lowland Hashemi; brokens; bran | 09119329265 | Active |
| Reza Izadi Ahmadseraei Packing Industries | Goushlondan IZ | Sort, cereal packing | Hulled Hashemi; brown rice | IZ inquiry | Packing |
| Gilan Rice Mill (Hassan Flaki) | Shirzil | Paddy conversion, shop | Grade-1 Hashemi; tips | 09111396722 | Active |
| Morteza Fakhrai Rice Mill | Gasht district | Hulling, polishing | White Hashemi; Ali-Kazemi | 09113317385 | Active |
| Aboltaaleb Azmoude Rice Mill | Lalkam / Gasht | Paddy to white | Gilan Hashemi; tips | — | Active |
| Mahmoud Mohajeri MillingBrand: Morvarid | Yadavaran / Gasht | Milling, storage | Polished Hashemi; Sadri | — | Active |
| Askari Rice Mill | Fouman–Gasht road | Upgraded village mill | Easy-cook Hashemi; feed bran | 013-34713273 | Active |
| Aryayi-Tam Rice Mill | Soume’eh Sara axis | Milling, drying | Aromatic Hashemi; long Tarom | — | Active |
| Javid Rice Mill & Ice Plant | Beheshti Blvd. | Milling, cold store | White Hashemi; bran | 013-34722880 | Active |
| Yusefzade Brothers Modern Mill | Fouman County | Mechanized bulk supply | Sorted Hashemi; loose rice | — | Active |
| Meshhedi Ali Fa’al Rice Mill | Gasht road | Heritage mill line | Local Hashemi; brokens | — | Active |
| Akbiya Rice Mill | Masuleh road | Lowland paddy conversion | White Hashemi; Tarom | — | Active |
| Falah Gerakuy Organic Products | Gerakuy village | Traditional process, retail | Organic Hashemi; rice flour | — | Active |
| Khoshe Talai & Sadaf Rice Mill | Beheshti extension | Milling, polishing | Lowland Hashemi; brokens | — | Active |
Fouman wholesalers & specialty rice shops
| Firm / brand | District | Activity | Products | Contact | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilanjan Rice & Tea Store | Yadavaran St. | Retail, bulk, postal dispatch | Single-grade Hashemi; smoked | 09228197707 | Wholesale |
| Musa Ibn Jafar Rice Trading Complex | Mowlavi St. | Brokerage, warehousing | White Hashemi; Ali-Kazemi | Historic rice bazaar | Wholesale |
| Ebrahimi Rice Wholesale | Sardar Jangal St. | Brokerage, sorting | Long-grain Hashemi; Ali-Kazemi | — | Wholesale |
| Hajipour Rice Store | Fouman rice market | Aromatic retail & bulk | Pure Gilan Hashemi; tips | 09384068272 | Wholesale |
| Nazari & Seyedzadeh Rice Shop | Yadavaran trade strip | Wholesale, local packing | Premium Hashemi; Sadri | — | Wholesale |
Constraints, capacity & development levers
Rolling retrofits with modern dryers and elastomer hullers can cut physical losses by at least ten percentage points, returning hundreds of tonnes of value to the county each season.
Nitrogen-flush vacuum lines in Goushlondan IZ and corridor plants protect the Fouman Hashemi brand against mid-chain adulteration on Tehran-bound loads.
A geographical indication for “Fouman-basin Hashemi” with the rice brokers’ union and agriculture office would anchor origin identity and QR traceability on retail packs.
Iranco connects you with verified paddy mills, optical sort lines and Fouman’s Mowlavi rice exchange.