Iran’s gasoline consumption surpassed 1 billion liters in the week of Sept. 6-12, setting a fresh record and underscoring mounting pressure on the country’s fuel supply and distribution network, state media reported on Sunday.
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has released the country’s new Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) data for the fiscal month of Mordad (July 23 – August 22, 2025), showing a sharper contraction across the economy.
Iran and Turkmenistan aim to boost bilateral trade to $3 billion within the next three years, the head of the Iran-Turkmenistan Joint Chamber of Commerce says.
The 19th edition of IranPlast, the country’s largest plastics industry exhibition, will open on Monday, Sept. 8, at Tehran’s International Permanent Fairground.
Iran exported $4.13 billion worth of mining and mineral industry products in the first four months of its current calendar year to July 22, the country’s state mining development agency said, with export volumes up but overall value slipping compared with a year earlier.
Iran’s exports to Africa surged 2.2 times in the first four months of the calendar year to late July compared with the same period last year, while the number of export destinations expanded from 29 to 34 countries, the chairman of the Iran-East Africa Joint Chamber of Commerce said.
Iran’s First Vice President, Mohammadreza Aref, has commended the country’s private sector for its consistent support of the government and the people, particularly highlighting its role in the distribution of essential goods during the 12-day Israeli invasion in June.
Iran has more than 4.2 million people engaged in farming, with the majority of them over the age of 50 and cultivating small plots of land, the country’s Statistics Center said in its latest agricultural census.
The president of Iran Chamber of Commerce has called for active diplomacy to prevent the possible reimposition of United Nations sanctions, warning that any return of restrictions would deliver a shock to the country’s fragile economy.
Trade between Iran and Brazil remained largely unchanged in the first five months of the current fiscal year (started March 21, 2025) compared with the same period last year, the chairman of the Iran-Brazil Joint Chamber of Commerce says.