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Domestic Economy
Iran’s non-oil foreign trade in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20, 2016) reached $19.47 billion. According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs…
South Korean heavy industrial firm Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction has secured a $186 million deal to build a desalination plant in Iran, the company said Monday.
Doosan is the…
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is an unprecedented development, but will have little impact on Iran’s economy.
“I do not think Britain leaving the EU should be considered a…
How can a brand sell to a shop packed to the roof and without an order? A top manager of a multinational producer of personal care products thinks when entering a ‘baqali’, a traditional Iranian…
The Swedish Embassy in Tehran has opened a so-called trade department with the aim of enhancing bilateral economic interaction between the two countries, according to Swedish Ambassador Peter…
Iran-China trade in the first five months of 2016 fell 25% compared with last year’s corresponding period to stand at $11.15 billion, Tasnim news agency reported citing China’s General…
Iran is now importing eyed trout eggs from Spain, the UK and Denmark, says head of Iran Fisheries Organization, Hassan Salehi. “The majority of our imports used to be supplied by France,” he was…
Changes in the structure of Iranian households have led to improvement in labor force participation, says the head of Economic Development and Research Institute of Tehran University. According to…
Contraband cigarettes account for 35-40% of the domestic market, a former CEO of Iranian Tobacco Company said.
Some $5 billion worth of construction services are estimated to be exported by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2017), the head of Iranian Technical and Engineering Services Exports…
Iran exported more than $800 million worth of food and agricultural products during the first two months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), which indicates a 4.6% increase compared to…
Some 52,000 tons of tea have been purchased from local farmers since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2016), which registers a 37% increase compared with the corresponding…
Iranian businesses must look beyond 2016 for foreign investment, the latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development states.
Investment in Iran has declined in…
Iran exported more than $111.6 million to and imported close to $140.6 million worth of goods from Italy during the first two months of the current Iranian year (started March 20).
It has the world’s largest gas reserves and the second-largest copper reserves, while only three other countries have more oil. Iran is open for business.
Perhaps the most striking aspect…
Iran-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries has opened with the aim of boosting bilateral economic and commercial ties.
To promote dairy exports, the government plans to provide exporters with incentives worth an aggregate of 2,000 billion rials ($57.82 million at market exchange rate), said a deputy agriculture…
Pakistan, India, Nepal and China are busy copying the designs of Persian rugs and selling them under Iran’s name, says the head of the Union for Persian Carpet Importers in Europe. “This is…
Ever since Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi broke the news of a "written agreement" between Iranian flag carrier Iran Air and US planemaker Boeing, the media has been…
The first international and specialized exhibition of meat and related industries, Meatex, is scheduled to be held in Tehran on November 5-8, the executive manager of the exhibition said.
In the latest developments following the lifting of nuclear sanctions, Iran has settled its debt to German export credit agency Hermes and negotiated increasing trade with Turkey.
Germany…
Iran has resumed dairy exports to Iraq, according to Iran Dairy Industries Association, after the Iraqi government reversed its decision on raising import tariffs on Iranian products a week ago.…
Close to 8.5 billion sticks of cigarettes were smuggled into the country in the last Iranian year (March 2015-16), indicating an over 29% decline as compared to a year before, according to the…
Iran is eying stone exports to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, said a deputy minister of industries, mining and trade. Speaking on the sidelines of an exhibition titled “Stone…
