Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization will allocate $45 million to support the country’s non-oil exports, Hamid Zadboum, the head of the organization said.
A total of 324 tons of saffron worth $190 million were exported from Iran to 60 countries in the last fiscal year (March 2020-21), with five countries accounting for 79% of weight and 78% of the value of total shipments.
A total of 135,000 tons of green tea leaves are estimated to be harvested in the current Iranian year (started March 21), 4,000 tons more than last year’s output, according to the head of Iran Tea Organization.
The National Coronavirus Headquarters has agreed that restrictions imposed on Group II of jobs in the high-risk red and orange zones for coronavirus transmission, including Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and shopping malls, should be relaxed.
Iran’s export of mineral products in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2021) stood at 55 million tons worth $7.6 billion, latest data released by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization show.
The Russian port of Astrakhan is a hub of commercial activities for nearly 200 Iranian firms making the port their largest center of economic activities in Russia.
Iran’s Oil Ministry will invest $80 million in startups and knowledge-based firms, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh the country’s oil minister said.
A total of 8.2 million tons of wheat worth 208.7 trillion rials ($834 million) were bought from local farmers as part of the government’s guaranteed purchase plan during the last Iranian year (March 2020-21).
Iiran’s annual petrochemical production capacity increased by 13.5 million tons in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20.
Iran’s largest and most modern greenhouse facility for strawberry production was inaugurated in Khorasan Razavi Province .