For happy and sad occasions, flowers are a part of daily life in Iran, but Iranians have not been able to exploit the full potential of a global industry worth $104 billion a year.
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More than 5,000 tons of shampoos worth over 531.4 billion rials ($16.38 million) were imported into Iran from 15 countries during the five months to Aug. 22, figures released by the Islamic…
The increase in Consumer Price Index ranged from 0.4% to 11.9% for different goods and services in the 12 months ending Oct. 22, compared with last year’s corresponding period. According to the…
India on Sunday sent its first consignment of wheat for Afghanistan to be transited through Chabahar Port in Iran, seen as a “landmark” move to operationalize the strategic transit route.
Iran intends to increase the share of railroad in freight transportation, to take advantage of this cost-effective mode of cargo movement and lower overall costs.
The ubiquitous debate over Iran’s shaky foreign trade and non-oil exports surfaced once more when H1 trade statistics were out last month, showing a 3.2% decline in exports and a 15.37% rise in…
Iran exported 23,000 tons of different types of cheese worth close to $108 million to 21 countries during the six months to Sept. 22, the Persian newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad reported, citing data…
A Pakistani business delegation arrived in Mashhad on Friday for a two-day stay in the northeastern city and the capital of the northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province.
Some 514,000 tons of commodities worth $224 million were exported from West Azarbaijan Province in Iran’s northwest during the six months to Sept. 22, registering a 2% rise in value and a 38%…
About 39,000 tons of seafood products worth $121 million were exported from Iran during the five months to Aug. 22, registering a 28% increase in value compared with the corresponding period of…
Based on President Hassan Rouhani’s decree on Wednesday to the Industries, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari, the scheme to reform the sales of a select number of non-staple goods…
Close to 3,170 tons of coconut worth more than 164.45 billion rials (over $5 million) were imported from eight countries to Iran during the five months to Aug. 22, data released by the Islamic…
The average goods and services Consumer Price Index for urban areas in the 12 months ending Oct. 22, which marks the end of the Iranian month of Mehr, increased by 9.8% compared with last year’s…
France’s import from Iran reached $20 million during the five months to Aug. 22, rising by $11 million compared with last year’s corresponding period, the director of Europe and Americas…
Azerbaijan will run the first pilot train after the Astara-Astara railroad linkup in December.
This was announced by Azeri Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev following a…
Iran’s export price index has ended the sixth Iranian month (Sept. 22) at about 249.3, growing 3.7% compared to the preceding month, the latest statistics released by the Central Bank of Iran…
The heavy strain on Tehran Municipality’s budget is to blame on the past extravagant expenditures and the fact that TM is extraordinarily overstaffed.
This was stated by two former and…
The Ugandan capital city of Kampala hosted a business forum in the presence of Iranian Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
“Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, we have held…
Iran opened a border crossing with the Kurdistan region of Iraq Wednesday which was closed after a referendum on independence in the Kurdish area.
The so-called “Iran Trade Center” was inaugurated in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan on Wednesday in the presence of Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei.
The center aims to…
On May 19, Iranians voted for President Hassan Rouhani to serve a second term with the hope of seeing reforms carried out in the country’s economic arena.
The government will submit the budget bill of the next fiscal year (starting March 21, 2018) to the parliament on December 5, the government spokesman and president of Planning and Budget…
Iran-China trade during the eight months to Aug. 31, 2017 stood at $24.17 billion, registering a 24% increase compared with the corresponding period of last year.
Iran exported $215 million worth of goods to Turkmenistan during the six months to Sept. 22.
A 37-member delegation from Pakistan comprising businesspeople active in trade, agriculture, floriculture, rubber industry and machinery is scheduled to visit Iran on Oct. 31 and meet their…
