$7.2 Billion Paid in 5 Months for Essential Imports, CBI Says

The Central Bank of Iran allocated $7.2 billion for importing essential goods in the first five mounts of the current fiscal year that started in March.
According to a CBI website report, pharmaceuticals and five essential goods with the main impact on livelihoods, namely corn, soybean meal, unprocessed oil, oilseeds and barley accounted for the largest portion of the forex disbursements reaching $5.6 billion.
It said $1.6 billion was paid to the Ministry of Health for drug import. Corn was next with $1.4 billion, followed by unprocessed oil $1.2 billion, oilseeds $900 million, barley $580 million and wheat $564 million.