EghtesadOnline: Iran's non-oil foreign trade (excluding crude oil, mazut, kerosene and exports via suitcase trade) during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21) stood at $55.42 billion, indicating a 7.88% decline compared with the same period of last year, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration reported.

EghtesadOnline: Iran's non-oil foreign trade (except for crude oil, mazut, kerosene and exports via suitcase) during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22) stood at $49.57 billion, indicating an 8.37% decline compared with last year's corresponding period, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration reported.

EghtesadOnline: Power consumption fell below 40,000 megawatts at the weekend after 127 days as temperatures dropped across the country.

EghtesadOnline: Currency rates continued to descend in markets across the country on Wednesday as businesses took some relief from weeks of political bickering in the region.