IME Logs $2.2b Monthly Trade

An estimated 7.3 million tons of goods and commodities worth 599 trillion rials ($2.2 billion) were traded in the spot market of the Iran Mercantile Exchange in the calendar month ending Jan. 20. 
Compared to the month earlier, trade dropped 12% in volume and 10% in value, according to data seen on the IME website.
IME is a commodities exchange in Tehran founded in 2006 to host deals in farm, industrial and petrochemical products in the spot and futures markets.