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Trade flows normally across Iran-Afghan border after brief clashes

The Iranian customs office (IRICA) says one of its main checkpoints on the eastern border with Afghanistan has resumed processing trade cargoes after a brief closure that was caused by clashes in the region.

Trade

Iran cuts sugar imports by 12% amid rise in domestic output

Iran cut sugar imports by 12% in the eight months to late November amid a major rise in domestic output, says an official in the country’s Government Trading Corporation (GTC).

Trade

Iran aluminum output rises 23% in March-October: Report

Iran’s aluminum production rose by 23% in the seven months to October 22, shows a report, as the country continues to expand its production capacity for precious metals.

Mine and Industry

Iran automakers to produce 6,000 trucks with Chinese help

Iran has signed contracts with two domestic automakers to produce 6,000 trucks with the help of Chinese manufacturers, the head of Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization said on Tuesday.

Mine and Industry

Iran steel exports up 30% in March-October: Report

Iran’s steel exports rose by almost a third in the seven months to October 22, shows a report by the country’s top metals holding IMIDRO.

Mine and Industry

Iran’s monthly oil export revenues at $1.3 billion in Aug-Oct: Report

A report shows that Iran has been earning an average of around $1.3 billion per month in oil exports revenues despite sanctions imposed by the United States.

Energy

Iran submits bill to dismantle heavily subsidized exchange rate

The administrative government in Iran has introduced a bill in parliament to remove a heavily subsidized exchange rate which is used to fund imports of staples and medicine into the country.

Macro Economy

Despite sanctions, Iran is world’s third largest gas producer

Iran produced 267 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2019, making the country the world’s third-largest producer after the US and Russia despite the most draconian sanctions imposed on the country.

Energy

Iran crude oil output up 0.8% in September: OPEC sources

Latest figures by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) show that Iran’s crude output rose slightly in September to reach 2.503 million barrels per day (bpd).

Energy

Iran’s wheat imports at record levels amid fall in domestic crop

The Government Trading Corporation (GTC) of Iran says wheat imports into the country would reach record levels in the calendar year to March amid a sharp fall in domestic crop which has been caused by drought as well as by price issues.

Trade