Private Traders Allowed to Import Wheat After Seven Years

The private sector has been allowed to place orders for wheat imports as of Aug. 23 after a gap of seven years, according to the head of the Agriculture and Food Processing Commission of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.
“In a meeting with first vice president around three months ago, we requested that the private sector be allowed to undertake wheat imports. Fortunately, our request was accepted and later the government’s Economic Council agreed to give us the permit. Now a directive allowing private businesses to import different types of wheat has been communicated to provinces across the country,” Kaveh Zargaran was also quoted as saying by the news portal of TCCIM.
The official noted that every year domestic wheat harvest ends in September, so the grain’s import cannot hurt local farmers at this time.