Domestic Economy

Seventy-five percent of Iran’s pesticide demand are met domestically, while the rest is imported, the head of Iran Plant Protection Organization said.

Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture is scheduled to host the Fifth Anti-Corruption Conference at Tehran’s IRIB International Conference Center on Monday. The event…

The 18th meeting of Iran-Oman Economic Cooperation Commission opened in Tehran on Saturday. According to Mehr News Agency, the meeting took place at Trade Promotion Organization of Iran's…

Chairman of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Hamid Zadboum said the value of Iranian exports to neighboring Iraq amounts to one-fourth of the Arab country’s total imports.

On his Thursday visit to the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Roads and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami launched the execution phase of the development project for the new…

A total of 320,000 tons of pistachios have been produced in Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21), an Agriculture Ministry official said.

Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture has revived the Iran-South Africa Commerce Committee upon the requests of Iranian traders. The committee was dissolved after trade…

Iran exported 3.58 million tons of agrifood products worth over $2.79 million during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22).  “This accounted for 11.42% of…

About 2 billion tons of soil are eroded in Iran annually, costing the country a covert damage of $56 billion, according to the head of Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization…

The government is struggling to balance its widening budget deficit.  Ali Sarzaeem, an economic expert in an interview with Persian-language weekly Seda, has expounded on different means…

Close to 140,000 tons of kiwis worth $97 million were exported from Iran in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2019), deputy agriculture minister for horticultural affairs said.

The 13th session of Iran-Uzbekistan Economic Commission is scheduled to be held in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on Dec. 12-13, announced the head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, Hamid…

The number of Iran’s commercial attaches in target export destinations is expected to rise to 10 from the current six, the head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran said.

The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade estimates that 6.9 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), indicating a 53.…

Donya-e-Eqtesad Media Group hosted experts and officials from the Iranian steel industry on Tuesday, for the second preparatory meeting prior to the upcoming 10th Iranian Steel Market Conference…

The private sectors of Iran and Armenia signed two memoranda of understanding to expand their presence in the Eurasian Economic Union market and increase economic ties between Iranian and…

With the due date for the government's submission of next fiscal year’s (March 2020-21) budget bill to parliament just around the corner—the Plan and Budget Organization of Iran is scheduled to…

More than 95.31 million tons of commodities were loaded and unloaded at Iran’s 21 commercial ports during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 22) to register a 1.11…

With an annual production of 34.5 million tons, Iran is currently the world’s eighth biggest producer of copper in the world, the managing director of the National Iranian Copper Industries…

Director of Iranian National Tax Administration Omid Ali Parsa says the government’s tax revenues reached 890 trillion rials ($7.09 billion) during the first eight months of the current Iranian…

The Iranian capital is hosting a forum attended by the businesspeople of Iran, Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Held at Tehran’s Parsian Evin Hotel, the two-day forum started on Monday and…

The growth in overall Consumer Price Index was the highest (2.3%) for Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province during the eighth month of the current Iranian year (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) compared with its…

The biggest month-on-month price rise for a food item during the month ending Nov. 21 was recorded for tomatoes with 55.5%. A kilogram of tomatoes was sold at 39,699 rials (32 cents) during the…

Sungun Copper Complex will soon begin working on the third development phase of its concentration units. According to Reza Sharifi, manager of Azarbaijan Copper Complex affiliated with the…

The government will weigh up offering earnings from higher gasoline prices to people only after monitoring their bank accounts, Ahmad Meydari, deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social…