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  • Safaei PMO Yesterday 16:32

    Ali-Akbar Safaei appointed PMO’s new head

    TEHRAN – Ali-Akbar Safaei has been appointed as the new managing director of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), the PMO portal announced.

  • Piltan Yesterday 13:11

    Iran-Syria free trade agreement to take effect soon

    TEHRAN – A free trade agreement signed between Iran and Syria back in 2010 is going to be implemented soon after years of postponement, Farzad Piltan, the director-general of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO)'s Office of Arabian and African Countries announced.

  • water Yesterday 12:40

    ‘Reducing water consumption in agricultural sector a priority of energy ministry’

    TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian has said reducing consumption in the agricultural sector is his ministry’s priority in the water management area, IRIB reported on Tuesday.

  • home appliance Yesterday 12:21

    Home appliance manufacturing up nearly 10% in H1

    TEHRAN- Manufacturing of home appliances in Iran has risen 9.7 percent during the first half of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21-Septemebr 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the latest data released by the Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry indicates.

  • port 2021-10-26 18:30

    Loading, unloading of goods in ports up over 10% in 7 months yr/yr

    TEHRAN - Loading and unloading of goods in the ports of Iran rose 10.7 percent during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), as compared to the same period in the previous year, IRNA reported.

  • tpo 2021-10-26 13:09

    Iran plans to double non-oil exports in 4 years

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Alireza Peyman Pak has said plans are underway for doubling the country’s non-oil exports over the next four years, the TPO portal reported.

  • steel products 2021-10-26 13:09

    Steel products export rises 69% in 6 months on year

    TEHRAN- Iran’s export of steel products increased 69 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

  • armenia 2021-10-25 15:39

    Iran reaches agreement with Armenia on new transport routes

    TEHRAN - Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Mehdi Mirashrafi said good agreements have been reached with Armenia on the development of customs cooperation as well as the use of alternative routes for the transport of goods.

  • chabahar 2021-10-25 14:22

    Uzbekistan eager to use Iran’s Chabahar port as trade gateway

    TEHRAN - Landlocked Uzbekistan is increasingly expressing interest in using Iran’s oceanic Chabahar port as a trade gateway that could help it expand to new overseas markets, Hindustan Times reported quoting senior Uzbek officials.

  • SP 2021-10-25 14:21

    By Ebrahim Fallahi

    Output maintenance crisis: alarm bells ringing for world's top gas reserve

    TEHRAN – Holding nearly 18 percent of the global gas reserves, Iran is one of the most hydrocarbon-rich areas in the world, and the country’s giant South Pars gas field (which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf) is by far the world's largest natural gas field.

  • trade 2021-10-24 12:05

    Iranian trade delegations visit Armenia seeking expansion of ties

    TEHRAN – Two Iranian trade delegations have visited Armenia over the past month to explore avenues of mutual cooperation in various areas including plastic, polymers, agriculture, and foodstuff with Armenian counterparts, Iran’s commercial attaché in Yerevan announced.

  • saleh abadi 2021-10-24 12:05

    Iran's economy getting back on track: CBI governor

    TEHRAN – The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said the growth in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2021 indicates that the Iranian economy is going on the right path and is moving toward recovery.

  • IME 2021-10-24 10:59

    Over 7m tons of commodities traded at IME in a month

    TEHRAN- During the past Iranian calendar month (September 23-October 22), 7.222 million tons of commodities worth $2.008 billion was traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME), the exchange’s Public Relations and International Affairs Department reported.

  • sponge iron 2021-10-24 10:49

    Sponge iron export increases 287% in H1

    TEHRAN- The export of sponge iron in Iran has risen 287 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

  • steel ingot 2021-10-22 14:23

    Steel ingots export up 36% in H1 yr/yr

    TEHRAN- Iran’s export of steel ingots increased 36 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

  • Export Day 2021-10-22 13:13

    Development of trade with neighbors a priority of government: Raisi

    TEHRAN- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that the expansion of trade with the neighboring countries is a priority of the current government.

  • TSE 2021-10-22 13:00

    TSE’s main index rises 2.7% in a week

    TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), rose 2.7 percent in the past Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday).

  • ICCIMA 2021-10-20 14:52

    Bolivia welcomes Iran’s investment in various sectors

    TEHRAN - Bolivian Ambassador to Tehran Romina Guadalupe, in a meeting with the Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholam-Hossein Shafeie on Wednesday, invited the Iranian private sector to invest in her country’s major industries.

  • IHE 2021-10-20 12:22

    Tehran hosting intl. HVAC&R exhibition

    TEHRAN – Iran’s 20th International Exhibition of Heating, Cooling, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigerating Systems (IHE 2021) kicked off at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

  • petchem 2021-10-20 11:45

    Petchem output up 8% in H1 yr/yr

    TEHRAN- Petrochemical production has risen eight percent in Iran during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), compared to the same period of time in the past year, according to an official in the National Petrochemical Company (NPC).

  • venezuela 2021-10-19 15:36

    Oji receives Venezuelan foreign minister

    TEHRAN – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji received a high-ranking Venezuelan delegation headed by the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Felix Plasencia Gonzalez on Monday, Shana reported.

  • industry 2021-10-19 13:48

    Over $2.2b worth of industrial parts, equipment indigenized in H1

    TEHRAN – Implementation of a program for indigenizing the knowledge for the production of industrial parts and equipment has saved Iran $2.2 billion in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), according to the Deputy Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Mehdi Sadeqi Niaraki.

  • trade 2021-10-19 13:05

    H1 trade with ECO members rises 60% yr/yr

    TEHRAN - Iran’s trade with the members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) reached $7.255 billion in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22) to register a 60 percent increase year on year, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said.

  • renewable 2021-10-18 16:05

    Iran welcomes investment in renewable energies

    TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian has said his ministry welcomes foreign investment in the country’s renewable energy industry, IRIB reported on Monday.

  • export 2021-10-18 15:25

    Iran, Saudi Arabia resume economic exchanges

    TEHRAN – After a 1.5-year hiatus, Iran and Saudi Arabia have resumed economic exchanges with the Islamic Republic exporting $39,000 worth of commodities to the Kingdom, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced on Monday.

  • PGPIC 2021-10-18 12:32

    PGPIC exports $2.4b of petrochemicals in H1

    TEHRAN - Iran's Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC) exported about $2.4 billion worth of products during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), according to the head of the company.

  • copper cathode 2021-10-18 10:42

    Copper cathode output stands at over 143,000 tons in H1

    TEHRAN- Iran produced 143,328 tons of copper cathode in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), IRNA reported. As reported, the figure shows two percent growth as compared to the copper cathode output in the first six months of the previous year.

  • trade 2021-10-17 15:43

    Iran’s H1 trade with neighbors rises 52% yr/yr

    TEHRAN - The value of Iran’s non-oil trade with its 15 neighbors reached $22.588 billion in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22) to register a 52 percent rise year on year, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.

  • ICM 2021-10-17 14:21

    SEO hosting 13th virtual intl. forum on Islamic capital markets

    TEHRAN - Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) is hosting the 13th Virtual International Forum on Islamic Capital Markets (ICM) during October 17-18, IRIB reported.

  • steel ingot 2021-10-17 12:56

    Nearly 10m tons of steel ingots produced in 6 months

    TEHRAN - Iran’s major steel producers have managed to produce over 9.901 million tons of steel ingots in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), registering a 12-percet decline year on year.