Unrestrained date exports to Russia are to blame for the unreasonable prices in the domestic market, Nozar Negahdari, managing director of the Association of Horticultural Producers, said. Last…
Domestic Economy
Close to 37,700 tons of colza have been purchased from local farmers since the beginning of the current Iranian year (started March 20), the CEO of Government Trading Corporation of Iran said.
Germany’s knitting machine builder Terrot has returned from a trade mission to Iran with a deal for providing circular knitting machines to an Iranian fabric manufacturer.
Efforts to keep rampant smuggling in check are bearing fruit.
Iran annually exports up to $250 million worth of pharmaceuticals and their raw materials to Afghanistan, Iraq and Central Asian countries but imports medicines amounting to $1 billion, according…
To economist Saeed Laylaz, the rising media frenzy around monthly paycheck of an insurance executive and the reactions it drew say as much about the government as about the motives of its…
Net jobs created—generated employments minus the ones lost—reached 500,000 in the last Iranian year (March 2015-16), according to the Statistical Center of Iran, a deputy minister of cooperatives…
Iran’s per capita chicken consumption stands at 26 kilograms a year, which is 11 kilograms more than the global average, according to the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad. Domestic chicken…
Iranian airlines have started to scrap their grounded planes to free up space at the airports across the country, according to Maqsoud As’adi, with the Iranian Airlines Association. Iran’s out-of-…
The removal of textile products from the list of items covered by Iran-Turkey Preferential Trade Agreement was an essential step, an official with Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and…
A total of 500,000 tons of pistachios will be produced by the US and Iran for the first time this year, says the president of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.
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Iran and Italy are scheduled to hold a joint exhibition in Rome in November. Both Iranian and Italian companies are slated to take part in the upcoming event, which is aimed at promoting bilateral…
Iraq has lifted a ban on the import of livestock from Iran following the containment of foot-and-mouth disease. As Mehr News Agency reported, the Iraqi Agriculture Ministry’s Veterinary…
Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul is hosting Iran Industry and Machinery Exhibition 2016 on July 12-15. Ali Sadrzadeh, the organizer of the event, was quoted as saying by IRNA that the…
An international airport in Chabahar Free Zone in the southern Sistan-Baluchestan Province will be constructed in 18 months, according to Mohammad Hossein Malekzadegan, a board member at Chabahar…
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has ordered an official investigation into government salaries after public outrage over high executive pays.
Larijani ordered the Supreme Audit Court of…
To have reliable non-oil exports, Iran needs to shift trade away from oil and petrochemical industries.
That’s the core message of an opinion piece in Persian published by the chairman of…
Iran’s Healthcare Overhaul Plan is becoming a big challenge, says the head of Iranian Pharmaceutical Importers Association, warning that it is going to hit both the private sector and people alike…
Half of the farm tractors and combine harvesters in Iran are old and dilapidated, and should be disposed of, the head of Mechanization Center of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad said. “Currently…
Between 50,000 and 60,000 tons of eggs are exported annually and more than 850,000 tons of the product are consumed domestically, the head of Tehran’s Union of Producers of Egg-Laying Chickens…
Pomegranate production is predicted to reach 1.1 million tons in the current Iranian year (March 2016-17), indicating a 10% rise compared with last year’s corresponding figure, Abolqasem…
The volume of cross-border cargo transportation via railroads grew 95% in the last Iranian year (March 2015-16) compared to the year before to reach over 1.4 billion tons, according to Mohammad…
Iran expects a row with Germany over unpaid state export guarantees to be resolved soon.
Iranian Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh was quoted as making the…
The easing of decade-long trade sanctions against Iran by the developed world offers packaged food makers an opportunity to access the country's 80-million-strong consumer base.
At the end…
A high-ranking Iranian delegation headed by Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh will attend the St. Petersburg International Forum to be held during June 16-18, 2016…
