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83% Rise in Freight Transport From Chabahar

EghtesadOnline: A total of 197,474 tons of essential goods, including wheat, rice and livestock feed, were transported from the southeastern port of Chabahar to the mainland from Feb. 20 to April 3 by 7,586 trucks, an official with Sistan-Baluchestan Department of Road Maintenance and Transportation said.
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Publish Date:06/April/2020 | 22:54

Iran's CB Catalogs Forex Given for Imports

EghtesadOnline: Soon after a call by President Hassan Rouhani, the Central Bank of Iran has published a report on its website that sheds light on the amount of subsidized currency allocated for importing essential goods and machinery in the first five months (March 21-August 22, 2018) of the last fiscal year.
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Publish Date:12/November/2019 | 11:51

50% Growth in Essential Goods Imports From Iran's Imam Khomeini Port

EghtesadOnline: Close to 9 million tons of essential goods were unloaded at Imam Khomeini Port located in the southern Khuzestan Province during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), which shows a 50% growth compared with the similar period of last year.
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Publish Date:14/October/2019 | 24:53

Iran: Essential Goods Imports Up 67%

EghtesadOnline: A total of 11 million tons of essential goods have been imported via Iranian ports in the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Aug. 22), an official with Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran said.
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Publish Date:26/August/2019 | 24:29

Iran's Forex Subsidy Policy Unaltered

EghtesadOnline: The government will not change its current policy to subsidize imported essential goods and food up until next March, the government spokesman said.
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Publish Date:22/June/2019 | 09:57

No Need for Rationing Essential Goods

EghtesadOnline: The Industries Ministry has no plan for now to distribute essential goods via electronic coupons, the deputy minister for domestic trade said.
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Publish Date:02/June/2019 | 08:18

Ex-Minister Advocates Rationing of Essential Goods

EghtesadOnline: Rationing of essential goods is a less corruption-inducing approach in the current economic situation facing Iran, says Mostafa Hashemitaba, a veteran politician who served as industries minister for three years during the 1980-88 Iraq-imposed war.
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Publish Date:18/May/2019 | 11:18

Subsidized Forex Policy Dysfunctional

EghtesadOnline: Governor of the Central Bank of Iran says the subsidized foreign currency programs for importing essential goods has failed to achieve the desired results due mainly to the dysfunctional distribution systems.
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Publish Date:10/March/2019 | 13:08

Iran: Subsidy Choices Take Center Stage

EghtesadOnline: Head of the Plan and Budget Organization says the government is weighing three options on allocating $14 billion for importing essential goods in the next fiscal that starts on March 21.
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Publish Date:06/March/2019 | 13:39

Central Bank of Iran Closing Loopholes in Currency Allocation

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran is going to launch a mechanism for tracking forex allocated to the import of essential goods to ensure importers fulfill their commitments for which they acquired foreign currency, the CBI governor said.
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Publish Date:19/January/2019 | 24:41

Subsidized Imports Spur Smuggling of Essential Goods From Iran

EghtesadOnline: S ugar cubes, tomato paste, rice, fish, eggs and many other products categorized by the government as “essential goods”, importers of which get subsidized foreign currency, are now popping up in shops of neighboring countries.
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Publish Date:16/January/2019 | 13:16

Subsidies to Import Essential Goods Fail to Curb Price Hikes

EghtesadOnline: The rise in the retail prices of goods that used the government’s subsidized foreign currency at a rate of 42,000 rials per US dollar (about three times cheaper than the market rate) was no less than in other consumer goods.
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Publish Date:11/December/2018 | 11:12

€3.2 Billion for Essential Imports

EghtesadOnline: Central Bank of Iran Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati announced on his Instagram page that €3.2 billion have been allocated for the import of essential goods in the past one month.
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Publish Date:15/September/2018 | 05:30

CBI Reassures Forex Flow as Rally Persists

EghtesadOnline: As the intense rally persists in the foreign currency market, the Central Bank of Iran issued a statement on Tuesday to assure the public that the bank's main concern continues to be provision of essential goods for the people.
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Publish Date:05/September/2018 | 05:18