Financial Tribune

Mashhad-Muscat flights scheduled from July 3

Flights between the holy Iranian city of Mashhad and Muscat, the capital of Oman, have been scheduled to start from July 3 on Mondays by Oman Air, according to the director general of Khorasan Razavi Airports Company, Mahmoud Amani-Bani.

Transportation

Iran to host Eurasia Expo 2023 in December

Tehran will host the Eurasia Expo 2023 on Dec. 4-7 as Iran is in the final stages of securing a free trade deal with the Eurasian Economic Union.

Trade

Iran-Qatar trade up 46% in one year

Iran’s trade with Qatar decreased by 14% in terms of weight, but increased by 46% in terms of value in the fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 20) compared with the previous year, statistics released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration show.

Trade

CBI says will continue working on CBCD

The Central Bank of Iran has denied any change in the agenda of the Crypto-Rial project.

Financial Markets

Iran’s full SCO membership on agenda at next summit

The acceptance of Iran as a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will be one of the highlights of the upcoming SCO summit in New Delhi, Bakhtiyer Khakimov, Russia’s presidential representative for SCO affairs, said.

Trade

January-April trade of Iran, India decline by nearly a fifth YOY

Iran’s trade with India fell by 19.67% during the first four months of 2023 compared with the same period of last year to stand at $702 million, latest data released by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry show.

Trade

India sends more wheat to Afghanistan via Iran’s Chabahar Port

The Indian government is sending another consignment of 20,000 tons of wheat to Afghanistan amid a humanitarian crisis in the county.

Transportation

Iran’s last year pistachio output, exports halved

Pistachio production and exports were halved in the last Iranian year (March 2022-23) due to a wide range of reasons, including drought and extreme weather, according to Arsalan Qasemi, the head of the Agriculture Commission of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran-Oman mineral trade tops $790 million in one year

Iran and Oman traded 2.33 million tons of minerals and mining products worth $796 million in the fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 20), data released by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) show.

Trade

Iran’s two-month foreign trade exchanges reach $15.4 billion

Iran’s total foreign trade, excluding crude oil exports, reached 25 million tons worth $15.45 billion during the first two months of the current fiscal year (March 21-May 21), according to Mohammad Rezvanifar, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.

Trade