Latest figures released by Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran (PMO) suggest that the country has unloaded over 19 million tons of essential goods in its ports during the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022 – January 20, 2023).
The basic goods imported by Iran in the 10-month period include wheat, barely, soy beans, rice, sugar and vegetable oil.
The PMO figures indicate that except for sugar exports which rose 37% YOY to 19.278 million tons in the period under study, the imports of all the rest necessity goods have been declining compared to figures from last year’s corresponding period.
Iran’s exports of wheat have been registered at 4.253 million tons in the ten-month period down from 5.423 million tons in the corresponding period of last year.
The country’s March-January exports of barely also show a decline to 2.099 million tons from last year’s 2.687 million tons.
Iranian ports have also unloaded some 7.092 million tons of corn in the period under review which is slightly fewer than 7.459 million tons of this item unloaded in last year’s corresponding period.
The country’s imports of soy bean, rice and vegetable oil have also signaled a YOY decline in the 10-month period, the PMO figures show.