Domestic Economy

  • Chairman of Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce, Mahmoud Siadat said that Afghanistan has agreed to reopen the chamber’s office in Afghanistan, 13 years after it ceased operation, ISNA…

  • Head of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce, Jahanbakhsh Sanjabi said visa requirement for both Iranian and Iraqi traders will soon be lifted within a specific time frame, as per the agreements…

  • Large economy, micro enterprises, is the labor ministry’s policy for fighting unemployment, deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social affairs in entrepreneurship and occupation, Hassan Ta’…

  • Iran exported 171.119  metric tons of pistachio, valued at $1.5 billion,  during the eleven months of the current Iranian year (to end March 20), recording an increase of nearly 71% in…

  • Twenty-three million metric tons of non-oil goods, valued at $18 billion, including condensates, were exported via the southern Bushehr Province customs terminals in the eleven months of the…

  • Cell phone imports grew by 69.7 percent during the eleven months of the current Iranian year (to end March 20), compared with the same period last year, Fars news agency reported. The total value…

  • Head of supervision department at the Organization for the Protection of Consumers and Producers says the organization will be supervising all clothing shops and retail stores during the…

  • India is planning to export $30 million worth of tea to Iran in 2015, Indian Tea Association’s (ITA) Vice Chairman, Azam Monem said on Tuesday.

  • Iran’s export of aquatic products is expected to reach $310 million before the end of the Iranian year (ends March 20), according to an official in Iran Fisheries Organization, Isa Golshahi, who…

  • The number of agriculturists holding bachelor degrees hardly amounts to 1% of the total agriculturists in the country, lamented Mohsen Movahedian, member of Iran’s Agriculture and Natural…

  • Over the past several months senior authorities, at regular intervals, have officially made known that the government is planning to delete all households who earn at least 25 million rials ($730…

  • British companies have been severely affected by the economic sanctions imposed against Iran, Head of Iran-UK Chamber Of Commerce, Lord Norman LaMont said in a meeting with the Iranian…

  • As many as 1,322 knowledge-based businesses have been registered in Iran so far, head of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund, Behzad Soltani announced, adding: “Loans amounting to 970 billion rials…

  • Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Abbas-Ahmad Akhondi says the government is planning to implement railway electrification system for all railways in the southern and southwestern regions,…

  • Iran imported wheat grains worth $2.22 billion in the 11-month period that ended on February 21, which accounted for the largest share of Iran’s total imports (4.6%) during the period, ISNA…

  • As much as 20% of Iran’s demand for red meat is provided by nomads who produce about 175,000 tons of red meat every year, an official at the Organization for Nomadic Affair, Mirvali Safarzadeh,…

  • Holding exhibitions, including seasonal events, where goods are sold at lower prices than the market, is among the most effective tools of business in today’s world. Such events would meet…

  • Head of Iran International Exhibitions Company (IIEC), Hossein Espahbodi was appointed by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry as the deputy for the Middle East and Africa…

  • Trade between Iran and member states of the European Union (EU) exceeded €7.56 billion (US$8.16 billion) in 2014, increasing by 21% compared to a year before, according to the European Commission'…

  • Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, Mohamamd-Reza Nematzadeh welcomed expansion of bilateral cooperation between Iran and the Republic of Tatarstan, in a meeting with Tatar President Rustam…

  • Although Iranian commodities are well received in the Iraqi cities such as Najaf, Karbala and Baghdad, they are not properly presented in the Iraqi market, a senior official at the ministry of…

  • More than 1.03 million automobiles were manufactured in eleven months of the outgoing Iranian calendar year (March 21-February 19), to register a 58.2 percent increase compared to the same period…

  • Pineapples, bananas and coconuts, were the only fruits imported during the outgoing year (to end March 20), Mohamamd-Reza Naderi, the deputy for customs affairs in the Islamic Republic of Iran…

  • Iranians smoke 60 billion cigarettes a year, 38 billion of which are produced domestically, 10-14 billion are legally imported and the rest are smuggled, Ali Asghar Ramzi, an official in the…

  • A comparison of Iran’s revenues from three types of taxes, namely income tax, goods and services tax and taxes on international trade, with those of other countries over the past decade, reveals…