foreign trade

Iran, Qatar eye $1b trade volume: Official

Tehran, IRNA - Head of the International Department of Iran’s Ministry of Energy Mojtaba Akbari has said that Iran and Qatar are planning to increase the volume of their trade upto $1 billion.

Iran’s foreign trade reaches $100 billion in seven months to late October

Tehran, IRNA – Mohammad Rezvanifar, the head of Iran's customs administration (IRICA), announced that Iran's foreign trade has reached nearly $100 billion in the first seven months of the Iranian calendar year (March 20 – October 21, 2024).

Meeting held to review Iran’s foreign economic relations

Tehran, IRNA - The Iranian Foreign Ministry has hosted sixth meeting of the Headquarters for the Coordination of Foreign Economic Relations in the current year under the chairmanship of Mehdi Safari, Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy.

Foreign transit through Iran reached 7.6 million tons

Tehran, IRNA - Customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that foreign transit through Iran in the four months of this year increased by 58.5% and reached seven million and 622 thousand tons.

Transit of goods through Iran up by 56%: Official data

Tehran, IRNA — The transit of foreign goods through Iran has increased by 56.5% in the calendar month to late May, according to the latest report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

‘Afghanistan to boost trade through Iranian ports’

Kabul, IRNA — Afghanistan is seeking to expand trade with various states through the Iranian ports of Chabahar and Bandar Abbas, an Afghanistan official says.

Iran’s foreign trade hits $138.8 billion in 11 months

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s total foreign trade, including exports of crude oil and techno-engineering services, reached $138.8 billion in 11 calendar months to February 19, according to Head of the country’s customs administration.

214m tons of goods loaded, unloaded in Iranian ports in 11 months

Tehran, IRNA – As much as 214 million tons of goods has been either loaded or unloaded in Iranian ports in 11 calendar months leading to late February, official figures said.

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'Sanctions made Iran-Hungary economic ties challenging but not impossible'

Tehran, IRNA – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary Peter Szijjarto has reiterated that his country and Iran have continued their relations in recent years despite the fact that the US sanctions created challenges for bilateral ties between the two countries.

Iran's foreign trade with 15 countries hits $55 billion in 11 months: Official

Tehran, IRNA - The volume of Iran's trade exchanges with its 15 neighboring countries increased by 2.5% in past 11 months by reaching the figure of 55 billion and 275 million dollars, the director general of Iran's Customs Administration announced.

Iran, Syria discuss ways to implement bilateral agreements

Tehran, IRNA-The director general of the West Asia department of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) in a meeting with the Syrian Ambassador to Tehran has stressed the need to implement bilateral agreements between the two countries.

Iran, Tatarstan trade turnover increases 25%

Moscow, IRNA – Iran’s Consul General to Kazan, Russia, Davoud Mirzakhani, has said that the trade turnover between Tatarstan and Iran during 2023 has increased by 25% compared to the same period of the previous year, reaching $200 million.

Iran’s trade with neighbors up nearly 2% in 10 months to late Jan.

Tehran, IRNA – The value of Iran’s non-oil trade with its neighbors reached some $49.83 billion during the 10 first months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023-January 19, 2024), the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade has announced.

Iran’s foreign trade at $126 billion in ten months to Jan.

Tehran, IRNA – The volume of Iran’s foreign trade reached $126 billion in the ten-month period between March 20, 2023 and January 20, 2024, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said on Monday.

Iran’s foreign trade hits $112 billion in nine months to late December: Minister

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s foreign trade has reached as much as $112 billion in the nine calendar months to December 21, the country’s Minister of Economy says, citing figures by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).   

Iran, Kuwait confer on expanding bilateral relations

Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian ambassador to Kuwait, Mohammad Toutounchi, and the Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of State for Youth Affairs, Mohammad Othman Al-Eyban have held talks over expanding the bilateral relations between the two countries at all levels, especially trade ties.

Iran’s foreign trade hits $75.5 billion in eight months

Isfahan, IRNA – Iran has exchanged as much as $75.5 billion worth of goods with different world countries over the eight calendar months to November 21, according to the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

Tehran, Kabul target $10 billion bilateral trade volume

Tehran, IRNA - Economic Adviser of the Iranian President’s Special Envoy in Afghanistan Affairs Mohammad-Mehdi Javanmard-Ghassab, has said that according to the announcement of Taliban's Minister of Commerce and Industry, the trade volume between the two countries will reach $10 billion.

Iran, Russia to start free trade by early 2024

Tehran, IRNA-- A member of Iran and Russia chamber of commerce has said that the two countries will begin a free trade by the early 2024.

Iran’s foreign trade tops $54bn in April-September period

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s foreign trade surpassed $54 billion during the April-September period, witnessing a 4.84 percent growth compared with the similar period in 2022, Head of the country’s Customs Administration Mohammad Rezvanifar has announced.

Iran's exports to India up 5% y/y in H1 2023: Data

Tehran, IRNA - Figures by India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry show that imports from Iran increased by 5% year on year in the first half of 2023 have to reach $352 million.

Iran's Mazandaran foreign trade ups 113% in March-August

Sari, IRNA – Caretaker chairman of Mazandaran Customs Office says that this province's foreign trade has reached over 2.3 million metric tons (mt) in the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-August 22), marking a 113% hike compared to the same period last year.

Trade exchange between Iran-Uzbekistan grows by 24% y/y

Tehran, IRNA – Iran and Uzbekistan have witnessed a 24% increase in their trade exchange during the first five months of the current year compared to the same period in the previous year, an Uzbek committee has announced.

Iran becomes world's 3rd largest energy subsidizer, report shows

Tehran, IRNA - Iran is the third-largest worldwide provider of subsidies for energy consumption, according to a new report by the World Bank.

Iran, Uzbekistan eye $1 billion in annual bilateral trade

Tehran, IRNA –Iran's Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Abbas Aliabadi and his Uzbek counterpart Laziz Kudratov have discussed a plan to increase annual bilateral trade to $1 billion.

Iran-UK trade up 3-fold in post-Brexit era: DBT data

Tehran, IRNA - Britain's trade exchanges with Iran has more than tripled since the country left the European Union, a move known as Brexit, as the value of annual trade between the two countries reached 696 million pounds in 2022, according to figures by the British Department for Business and Trade (DBT).

'Pakistani businesses keen on expanding trade with Iran'

Tehran, IRNA – Pakistani businesses are really interested in expanding trade ties with Iran despite problems caused by foreign sanctions, says a former president of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Omani Minister hails Iran's industrial progress

Tehran, IRNA – Omani Minister of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, Qais bin Mohammad Al Youssef, has said during a visit to the Iranian capital Tehran that has become surprised to see the extent of Iran's industrial progress.