Import

Exports from Iranian ports rise 7% in H1

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – “In the first half of the current Iranian year (ending on September 22, 2019) exports from Iranian ports increased by seven percent, compared to the same period in the year before,” Deputy Minister of Roads and CEO of Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Mohammad Rastad said on Wednesday.

Deputy Ministry of Agriculture:

Iran attains self-sufficiency in rice production

TEHRAN, Oct. 08 (MNA) – Deputy Ministry of Agricultural Jihad for Planning and Economic Affairs Abdol-Mahdi Bakhshandeh said that Iran attained self-sufficiency in the production of rice.

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.

Industry min.:

Iran’s imports volume to shrink $10bn by 2021

TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani said that country’s imports volume will decrease $10 billion by 2021.

TCCIMA chairman:

Imports shrink 7% in five months

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – Chairman of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Masoud Khansari said on Tue. that imports of products dropped seven percent in the country in the first five months of the current year (March 21 – August 21) as compared to the same period last year.

Non-oil exports exceed $17.7bn in five months

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Islamic Republic of Iran exported 60,737 tons of non-oil products, valued at over $17.7 billion, in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – August 21).

Iran’s export of non-oil goods up by 6% last year: PBO

TEHRAN, Sep. 13 (MNA) – Export of non-oil goods, with gas condensates included, registered about a 5.9 percent growth last year (from March 21, 2018 to March 20, 2019) as compared to 2013.

Iran-Turkey trades surpass $4bn in seven months

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) – The trade between Iran and Turkey reached a total of $4.21 billion during the first seven months of 2019, indicating a decline of 30.2% compared with the corresponding period of 2018.

Iran’s non-oil exports hits $3.2bn in last month

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Economic studies of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) showed that country’s export of non-oil commodities in the last month of the current Iranian calendar year (July 21 – August 21) hit $3.2 billion, registering a 3.2 percent hike as compared to a month earlier.

IRICA:

Exports hit fourfold higher than imports in five months

TEHRAN, Sep.4 (MNA) – President of the Islamic Republic of Iran customs Administration (IRICA) Mehdi Mir-Ashrafi said Mon. that exports surpassed imports by fourfold in the first five months of the current year (March 21 – August 21) as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

IRICA:

Iran’s foreign trade volume exchanges hit $35bn in five months

TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – The latest statistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) showed that Iran’s foreign trade volume in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – August 21) has reached $35.539 billion.

11mn tons of basic goods imported in 5 months

TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – A director general from Iran Port and Maritime Organization (PMO) informed on Saturday that as of the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2019), some 11 million tons of basic good have been imported.  

Chairman of Iran Tour Operators Association:

Tourists now allowed to ride above 2,500cc cars, 250cc motorcycles in Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Chairman of Iran Tour Operators Association Ebrahim Pourfaraj announced on Wednesday that the ban on imports of motorcycles with engines above 250cc and cars over 2,500cc has been removed to let foreign tourists ride them on Iranian roads.

Orders of industry ministry for imports of basic goods 5 times more than domestic need: official

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – An official from Iranian ministry of industry, mine and trade told Mehr news agency that the volume of ministry’s registered orders for imports of basic goods is five-fold more than domestic need for the products.

Imports of goods manufactured in free zones exempted from taxation

TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) – According to a bylaw ratified at the Cabinet of Ministers, imports of goods and products manufactured in free zones are exempted from taxation.

Iranian vessels start refueling in Brazil

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Two Iranian vessels which stranded at Brazilian ports under US-led sanctions began refueling in Brazil.

Iran’s import of products shrinks in Q1

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – Latest statistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) showed that Iran imported $1.2 billion worth of products in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – June 21), showing 8.5 percent decline as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

Iran warns Brazil over stranded ship barred from refueling

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Iran has threatened to cut its imports from Brazil unless it allows the refueling of at least two Iranian ships stranded off the Brazilian coast.

Deputy IRICA:

No license issued for importing ‘miner’ into country

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Deputy President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Jamal Arounaghi said on Sunday that any license has not been issued for importing ‘miner’ into the country.

TPOI head:

Iran exports $11.5bn worth of products in Q1

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) –Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Mohammadreza Modoudi said that Islamic Republic of Iran exported $11.5 billion worth of products in the first three months of the current year (March 21 – June 21).

Iraq working on own SPV to pay off debts, continue imports from Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 02 (MNA) – Iraq is lining up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of its own, a mirror European trade mechanism, to pay its arrears to Iran and to continue vital gas and electricity imports from the country under US sanctions.

India holds high-level meeting on oil, gas amid halted Iran imports

TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) – "Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting at the Home Ministry which was attended by Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Chairman of CEO of NITI Aayog Amitabh Kanth. The discussion was held on issues related to crude oil supplies and investment in the Petroleum and Gas sectors in the country", sources said.

$8.3bn supplied for imports of basic good in 70 days: CBI gov.

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati announced on Saturday that in a 70-day-time span as of March 21, some $8.3 billion have been supplied to import basic goods.

India plans to resume oil imports from Iran, skirt US sanctions

TEHRAN, May 28 (MNA) – India's new govt. plans to hold talks with Iran at the earliest to discuss ways to resume oil imports and is even looking to pay in Indian currency.

Imports of basic goods at 1.2mn tons in 2 months

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – During the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (ending on May 21, 2019) Iran imported 1.2 million tons of basic goods, the deputy agriculture minister Yazdan Seif announced on Saturday.

Afghanistan to continue imports of Iranian oil: Afghan oil official

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – "Oil imports from Iran have not been halted and no change has been made in the previous policies," Mostafa Khalazayee, the spokesman of the Afghan ministry of oil and gas  said on Wednesday.

CEO of PMO:

Goods transportation to be developed in small ports

TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) – Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Mohammad Rastad said late on Monday that transportation of goods will be developed and expanded in small ports of the country.

Shipment of goods in Shahid Rajaee port hits approx. 5mn tons

TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) – The Director General of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Allah Morad Afifipour put the goods forwarded in Shahid Rajaee Port at about five million tons in the first Iranian month of Farvardin (March 21 – April 21).

IRICA head:

Iran’s trade balance stood at $1.7bn last year

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Head of Iran's Customs Administration noted the country’s positive trade balance last year, which stood at $1.7 billion, adding that non-oil exports hit $44.3 billion while imports reached $42.6 billion in 2018.