EghtesadOnline: Yazdan Seif, former managing director of Agricultural Support Services Company, was appointed on Tuesday as the new head of Government Trading Corporation to replace deputy agriculture minister, Ali Qanbari .

EghtesadOnline: A record high of 14 million tons of wheat were domestically produced this year, more than 11.76 million tons of which (worth over $4 billion) have been purchased by the government from local farmers at guaranteed prices, Managing Director of Government Trading Corporation of Iran Ali Qanbari said.

EghtesadOnline: Managing Director of the provincial organization in charge of state-run commerce Ali Qanbari said East Azarbaijan played a pivotal role in promoting trade with Turkey.

EghtesadOnline: Since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2016), the government has purchased more than 7.8 million tons of wheat at a total price of 100,000 billion rials ($2.85 billion at market exchange rate) from local farmers, which indicates a 19.2% increase compared with last year.