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Iran to halt wheat imports this calendar year amid bumper crop: Minister

Semnan, IRNA - Iran’s Agriculture Minister Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh said that the country is to halt imports of wheat in the current Iranian calendar year.
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Iran’s domestic wheat purchase at over 5.6 million tons since April

Tehran, IRNA – Iran has purchased some 5.6 million tons of wheat worth over $1.647 billion from domestic producers since April in carrying out a national plan which guarantees the purchase of domestic production of the crop, according to a senior official with the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad (MAJ).
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Iran’s domestic wheat purchase at over $1.3bn since April

Tehran, IRNA – Iran has purchased some 4.4 million tons of wheat at the worth of over $1.3 billion from domestic producers since April in carrying out a national plan which guarantees the purchase of domestic production of the crop.
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Iran’s export to Russia goes beyond $2bl in 2023: Amb

Moscow, IRNA – According to statistics, Iran’s export to Russia which exceeded $2 billion in 2023 shows a significant increase compared with the preceding years.
9 months ago
Iran self-sufficient in wheat production: Minister

Hamedan, IRNA - Iranian agricultural minister Mohammad Ali Nikbakht has said that the country has become self-sufficient in production of wheat and does not need it import the staple grain in the coming year.
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Iran's domestic wheat purchases exceed 10m mt in Mar-Aug

Tehran, IRNA – Iran's Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad (MAJ) Saeed Raad has said that the guaranteed wheat purchase from domestic farmers in Iran has exceeded 10 million metric tons (mt) during the first five months of the Iranian calendar year (March 21 to August 22, 2023).
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Iran reports 40% y/y rise in domestic wheat purchases

Tehran, IRNA – Iran has reported a major surge in its guaranteed purchase of wheat from domestic farmers in the harvest season that began in April.
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Iran buys over 8 million tons of wheat from domestic farmers in 130 days

Tehran, IRNA – Iran has purchased more than 8 million tons of wheat from domestic farmers in a national “guaranteed purchase” scheme to meet the country’s needs for the crop, according to an official with the knowledge of the matter.
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Iran's domestic wheat purchases at 7.297 mln mt: GTC

Tehran, IRNA – The Chief Executive Officer of the Government Trading Corporation (GTC) of Iran says that wheat purchases from domestic farmers in Iran has reached 7.297 million metric tons (mt) since purchases began in late April.
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Iran's domestic wheat purchases exceed 6m mt

Tehran, IRNA – Guaranteed wheat purchase from domestic farmers in Iran has exceeded 6.02 million metric tons (mt) since the start of the harvest in April, Iran's Deputy Minister of Agriculture Jihad (MAJ) has said.
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Iran's domestic wheat purchases reach 5.4m mt

Tehran, IRNA – Guaranteed wheat purchase from domestic farmers in Iran has reached 5.4 million metric tons (mt), an official in Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture Jihad (MAJ) has said.
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Iran buys over 5 million mt of wheat from domestic farmers in 100 days

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian government has bought more than 5 million metric tons (mt) of wheat from domestic farmers in the first 100 days of national wheat purchase operation, according to the country’s ministry of agriculture (MAJ).
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Iran expects domestic wheat purchases to reach 8 million mt this year

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian government expects it will buy as much as 8 million metric tons (mt) of wheat from domestic farmers in the current harvesting season ending late July, according to the head of the country’s Plan and Budget Organization.
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Iran expects domestic wheat purchases to reach 8.5m tons

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture expects to purchase 8 to 8.5 million tons of guaranteed wheat yields from domestic farmers this year.
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FAO reports double-digit growth in Iran’s wheat output

Tehran, IRNA – Figures by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show production of wheat rose significantly in Iran in the agricultural year of 2022.
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Iran becomes world’s 14th biggest wheat producer

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s cereal production has increased by 13.5 percent to 20.3 million tons in 2022 making the country the world’s 14th biggest wheat producer, figures provided by FAO shows.
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2m tons of wheat offloaded in Iranian ports in last 6 months

Tehran, IRNA – A senior official in Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) said that nearly two million tons of wheat has been offloaded in Iranian ports in the last 6 months.
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Iran imports over 1m tons of grains to Imam Khomeini Port in 5 months

Ahvaz, IRNA - The director general of Grain and Commercial Services of Khouzestan Province said on Tuesday that over one million tons of grains was imported to Imam Khomeini Port in 5 months.
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68-thousand-ton freighter carrying wheat docks in Iran’s Chabahar

Chabahar, Nov 21, IRNA – The head of Ports and Maritime Organization of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, southeastern Iran, said on Saturday that a cargo ship carrying 68,193 tons of wheat from Russia has docked in Shahid Beheshti port of Chabahar and is now being unloaded.
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