Brazil planning to open $1.2b credit line to invest in Iran
Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is planning to open a $1.2-billion credit line to continue trade with Iran and also investment making in the country, Brazilian Ambassador to Tehran Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos announced. He made the remarks in a meeting in Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) building, which was attended by […]
Majlis approves establishment of 12 SEZs, 8 FTZs
The Iranian parliament (Majlis) on Sunday gave approval to a bill on the establishment of 12 new special economic zones and also eight new free trade zones. The bill, which also includes revising the status of three existing FTZs, was passed with 141 votes in favor, 75 against and 7 abstentions. The new FTZs will […]
Iran to increase electricity production by March 2019
Homayoun Ha’eri, the Iranian Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy reassured on Sunday that Iran will experience no power outage in the next summer. “With infrastructures provided and also activating potentials for generating extra 5,000 megawatts of electricity we will assuredly have no power outage in the next summer,” said Homayoun Ha’eri, the Iranian […]
Japan after exemption from Iranian oil sanctions
Japanese wholesalers are seeking exemption from Iranian oil embargo, which is going to be implemented on November. The US administration unilaterally withdraw from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 2018 and reimposed sanctions against Iran. Trump has called all nations to suspend importing of Iranian crude by November, or elsewhere, they will suffer […]
Iran exports domestically-made ship to Venezuela
Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Construction Base says that Iran has built a large ship with the capacity of 113,000 tones and building 3 more other ships are underway. Brigadier General Ebadollah Abdullahi, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Construction Base, told reporters in the southern port city of Bushehr on Saturday morning that “so far two berth at South […]
Iran, Iraq agree to keep trade without US dollar
The Chairman of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Yahya Ale-Eshagh announced that Iran and Iraq have agreed to eliminate US dollar from trade transactions between the two countries. “US dollar has been removed from the list of currencies used by Iran and Iraq in their trade transactions and they are using Iranian rial, euro and Iraqi […]
Over 10.8m tons of goods loaded, unloaded at Iranian ports in a month
Some 10.818 million tons of goods were loaded and unloaded at the ports of Iran during the past Iranian calendar month Mordad (July 22-August 22), indicating 16.9 percent fall compared to the same month of the past year, Tasnim news agency reported citing the data released by the Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO). Loading and […]
Pistachio exports from Iran to Europe rises 19% in H1
Iran exported €125 million of pistachio to Europe during the first half of 2018, with 19 percent increase compared to the same period of time in the past year, European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat has reported. According to Eurostat, Iran’s export of pistachio to Europe during the first half of 2017 stood at €105 million, […]
‘India will not completely halt Iranian oil imports’
India will not completely halt Iranian oil imports and will finalize its strategy on crude purchases from Tehran after a meeting with top U.S. officials next week, a senior government official said. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will hold high-level talks with India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence […]
Red meat production stands at 98,800 tons in a quarter
Iran produced 98,800 tons of red meat during spring of this year which was the first quarter of current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21). The figure shows eight percent decrease compared to the figure of last year’s first quarter. A total of 429,000 tons of red meat were produced in Iran’s officially registered slaughterhouses […]