The volume of cargo transited through Iran in the calendar month to late January hit a new record in 10 years, according to the head of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.
The head of dispatching operations at the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) says that households and businesses have accounted for some 76% of the country’s total natural gas consumption.
Iran’s agricultural and food exports rose by 22% in the 10 months to late January comparted with the same period last year, according to spokesman for the Trade Promotion Commission of Iran’s House of Industry, Mine and Trade Rouhollah Latifi.
Iran has exported over $6.2 billion worth of steel products in the ten months leading to January 20, posting a 21% growth compared with the same period last year, the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) has said.
A recent report by Bloomberg says Iran has set a five-year record in oil production in 2023.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that Iran’s economy grew by 5.4% in 2023.
Iran and Saudi Arabia plan to set up a direct shipping line between Kangan, in southern Iranian province of Bushehr, and the Saudi eastern province of Dammam, in a bid to boost trade between the two countries.
Iran exported 10.5 million metric tons (mt) of cement to 25 countries, including Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria, over the nine months to November 21, 2023, an industry source has said.
The latest data related to the production of automobiles in Iran shows that Saipa, the second-largest carmaker in the country, saw a decrease in its output in the nine months to late December.
The latest report from the Iranian steel producers’ association says that the country’s exports of steel have surpassed nine million metric tons (mt) in the nine calendar months to September 22.