The Caspian littoral states have decided to extend the ban on fishing sturgeons for commercial purposes until the end of 2020. The decision was made during a recent meeting where a document was…
Domestic Economy
More than 800,000 tons of commodities have been exported to Central Asian countries via railroad from Sarakhs Border Terminal in the northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province since the beginning of…
Customs clearance of imported essential goods via the "green channel" reached an all-time high in the month ending Dec. 21, says Mehrdad Jamal Arvanaqi, the deputy head of the Islamic Republic…
A total of 132.75 tons of saffron were exported from Iran during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21). The volume of exports show a 13% decline compared with…
Iran’s annual per capita milk consumption is estimated at 80 kilograms, says advisor to Iran Dairy Industries Association, Hossein Chamani, adding that the standard per capita milk consumption…
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance will prepare a preliminary draft of personal income tax bill by Jan. 10, a deputy economy minister said. “Having capital gains tax and…
The growth in overall Consumer Price Index was the highest (6.3%) for West Azarbaijan Province during the ninth month of the current Iranian year (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) compared with the previous…
Iran exported 27,000 tons of eggs during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21) to neighboring countries, according to the head of Iran Veterinary Organization.…
A total of $700 million worth of dairy products are exported from Iran annually, according to the secretary of Iran Dairy Industries Union. Iran is among the top milk producing countries in the…
A partnership agreement for setting up Khuzestan Green Paper Mill was signed between Setad, the office for executing the decrees of Imam Khomeini in helping the underprivileged, and a bank…
A total of 9,500 people received loans for home-based businesses in the first half of the current year (March 21-Sept. 22), which led to the creation of 16,500 new jobs, says Mahnaz Emamdadi, an…
Iran’s nominal cargo transit capacity stands at 50 million tons per year, which is fivefold higher than the actual volume of transit, according to Minister of Roads and Urban Development…
Iran's box office earnings during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21) stood at 2.51 trillion rials ($19.32 million) to register an increase of 517.27 billion…
Iran and Vietnam traded $352 million worth of commodities in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19) to register a twofold increase compared with the previous year, the head of Iran-Vietnam…
A total of 4,376 types of products in the basket of Iran's non-oil exports earned the country $44.31 billion in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19). Out of these commodities, 4,000 accounted…
Iran exported $4.63 billion worth of ferrous minerals in the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22), the head of the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade's Mines…
The Iranian labor market has undergone remarkable transformations in recent years. One such unique change is the rise in the number of persons with income but without a job.
Iran's northern Mazandaran Province exported 60,000 tons of citrus fruits since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21), the head of Mazandaran Agricultural Jihad Organization said…
Iran exported $152 million worth of commodities to Uzbekistan during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21) to register a 60% rise compared with last year’s…
The average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending Dec. 21, which marks the last day of the ninth Iranian month, increased by 40% compared with last year’s…
About 6,000 national and 74,000 provincial projects have remained incomplete at various stages of development in Iran. Insufficient budgetary allocation over the past few years has…
A total of $30 million worth of hand-woven carpets were exported from Iran during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21- Oct. 22), the head of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives…
Major Iranian lead and zinc producers extracted a total of 664,176 tons of ores during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21) to register a decline of 18.52%…
More than $30 million worth of furniture were exported from Iran during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 22), showing a 40% increase compared with the similar…
The Agriculture Ministry and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations signed a Technical Cooperation Program document on flood control and forecasting on Wednesday.
