Domestic Economy

More than 28,600 tons of eggs were exported during the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2015), indicating a 31% increase compared to last year’s similar period,…

Hormozgan’s palm groves will produce 148,000 tons of dates by the end of the harvest season (October 23, 2015), announced deputy for improvement of plant production at Agricultural Jihad…

More than 1 million tons of oil and non-oil goods were loaded and unloaded in Kish Port during the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 21), according to director general…

President Hassan Rouhani invited cooperatives and the private sector to play a larger role in Iran's economic development and emphasized on moving away from oil-based, government-dominated economy…

Isfahan Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine's Kherson and Donetsk provinces on Saturday for cooperation in “Farming Beyond…

In order to rid the economy of overreliance on oil revenues and move out of a single-product deadlock, Iran is actively considering ramping up non-oil exports as an alternative source of revenue…

Economists, policymakers and, of course, people seek answers to two questions related to inflation.

The first is how the government was successful in taming and stabilizing inflation in the…

Trade Promotion Organization of Iran has issued a warning on its website against fraudulent messages sent by the so-called “World Trade Center of Iran” regarding an upcoming visit by an Iranian…

The construction of a new terminal for Kerman Province’s International Airport officially started on Thursday. “The new terminal will sit on a 20,000-square-meter area surrounded by 40,000 square…

President Hassan Rouhani issued a circular to the heads of executive departments and agencies, highlighting the priorities and main policies to be followed by them while drafting their budget for…

Iran’s export of technical and engineering services has declined sharply over the past four years, falling down by more than 75% from $4.3 billion in 2011 to less than $1 billion annually,…

French firms have fallen behind their main European, American and Asian rivals in reviving economic ties with Iran since a nuclear deal was reached between Tehran and P5+1 in Vienna in July, a…

The Export Development Bank of Iran is holding talks with a Russian bank on the establishment of a 10-million-euro line of credit to facilitate export of goods and services to Russia.

First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri blames unrealistic public perception about post-sanctions prices for the ongoing recession in many economic sectors.

A trade conference on investment opportunities in Iran and the Caspian Sea littoral states – Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran–opens in Tehran on Saturday, announced the head…

Iran is interested in increasing cooperation with Serbia in agriculture, primarily in the fields of plant protection and production of seeds as well as scientific research, officials of the two…

Iran’s accession to the World Trade Organization has always been the subject of heated debate in the domestic arena throughout the past decades.

Mulberry trees in Mazandaran and Gilan Provinces, along with the intrinsic feature of adding to the beauty of the evergreen regions in northern Iran, also grow leaves that are fed to silkworms by…

Austrian companies signed 15 contracts and memoranda of understanding with their Iranian counterparts on Tuesday, becoming the first western firms to put down concrete stakes in the country since…

Unlike many neighboring countries that have seen rapid modernization in the retailing industry, Iran remained very traditional, with a large number of independent outlets mushrooming across the…

In a meeting between Ambassador of Thailand to Iran Ramsee Chittham and managing director of Kish Free Trade Zone Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Kish Island earlier this week, the Thai envoy expressed…

Head of Iran-Italy Chamber of Commerce, Ahmad Pourfallah, says small enterprises are one of the key-sectors in which Italians are keen to invest.

Iran will become self-sufficient in red meat in five years and there will be no more imports, says Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hassan Rokni. According to the official, about 60,000 tons of red…

More than 60,000 tons of tomato paste valued at $90 million were exported during the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), showing a 33% increase in terms of volume and…

About 200,000 tons of kiwifruits will be produced this Iranian year (started March 21), said head of National Union of Agricultural Products, Reza Nourani.