Foreign Trade

IRICA pres.:

Iran’s foreign trade value exceeds $42bn in H1

TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi said that Iran’s foreign trade volume in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – Sept. 22) surpassed $42 billion.

Lawmakers reject bill on bilateral monetary pacts

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Iranian lawmakers have rejected a bill proposed by the government to conclude monetary pacts with other countries to break the monopoly of the US dollar in foreign trades.

Iran’s exports volume shrinks by 5% in 2018

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – According to the latest statistics of Iran’s foreign trade, total exports volume of the country registered a five percent decline in 2018.

Iran’s export of products to Iraq up by 67% in eight months

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s export of products to neighboring Iraq registered a significant 67 percent hike in the eight months of the current year (March 21 – Nov. 21) as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

India wants Iranian Chabahar port exempted from US sanctions

TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – Southern Iranian port of Chabahar has posed a dilemma for the United States policy makers who are seeking to implement sanctions on Tehran.

CBI puts liquidity growth rate at 3.4% in Q1

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – According to economic indicators of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), the country’s liquidity growth rate in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21) stood at 3.4 percent.

IRICA:

Iran’s exports to Qatar rise by 61% in H1

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – According to the statistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), $139,412,000 worth of products were exported to Qatar in the first half of the current year (March 21-Sept. 21), showing a 60.63 percent hike as compared to the same period last year.

Iran’s gas condensate exports drop nearly 41%

TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) – Iran’s export of gas condensates from March to August stood at 4.1 million tons worth $2.1 billion, which shows a 41% decline in weight and 23% decline in value compared to the same period last year.

Iran accounts for 27% foreign trade share with 11 European countries in Q1

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – Foreign trade statistics in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21) shows that Islamic Republic of Iran conducted more than $3.1 billion trade exchanges with 11 European countries, accounting for 27.6 percent share of country’s total foreign trade volume.

Iran, Pakistan finalizing free trade agreement

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – Pakistani local media recounted that the officials of Pakistani Ministry of Commerce are examining the last points to finalize a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran, Brazil discuss ways to broaden trade, economy relations

TEHRAN, Apr. 11 (MNA) – Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes discussed the ways to broaden relations in a meeting on Tuesday in Brasilia.

Iran’s foreign trade balance hits -$6bn in 11-month period

TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Iran’s non-oil foreign trade balance hit minus $6 billion in 11 months of the current Iranian fiscal year(from March 21, 2017 to Feb. 22, 2018), according to recent statistics.

EU-Iran foreign trade reaches €21bn

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – Chairman of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Masoud Khansari said Iran's foreign trade with the European Union grew by 52% to reach 21 billion euros in the first 10 months of current Iranian year.

Iran, Iraq enjoying $12bn trade volume in last 11 months

TEHRAN, Mar. 03 (MNA) – Naser Behzad, the Commercial Attaché at the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad says that the amount of Iran-Iraq trade volume in the last 11 months has been $12 billion.

Iran’s export to ASEAN up by 80%

TEHRAN, Jan. 08 (MNA) – According to reports rolled out by Asian papers, Iran-ASEAN trade has gone through a period of significant growth in the period between January and November 2017.

Iran 2017 foreign trade records: imports still exceeding exports

TEHRAN, Dec. 31 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign trade records from Mar-Dec. 2017 shows a considerable growth, although the volume of imports has once again exceeded the volume of exports during this period.

Iran’s foreign trade volume up by 6%

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Exports of goods from Iran increased by 6 percent in volume (value in constant prices) in the first half of current Iranian calendar year (began March 21) compared to the similar period a year ago.

Iran, Germany, Switzerland to form trade chamber

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – An official said a joint chamber of commerce will be established between Iran, Germany and Switzerland by the end of the current Iranian year (began March 21).

Iran named as Afghanistan’s biggest trade partner

TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA) – Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Spokesman said Iran has turned into the biggest trading partner of Afghanistan.

Iran’s annual foreign trade record

TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – Iran’s foreign trade volume reached 87.614 billion dollars in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 21) with the share of exports standing at 43.930 billion dollars.

Foreign trade exceeds $ 28bn

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Customs office has announced Iranians imported $12.8 bn in goods and exported $ 16bn in the second quarter of 2016.