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Statistical Center of Iran to Update Base Year

EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran will introduce a new base year, i.e. fiscal 2021-22, for comparison in the measure of economic indexes, Asadollah Rezaei, a researcher with the center, says.
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Publish Date: 01/June/2020 | 24:51

FAO Delivers 1st Batch of Technical Assistance to Battle Desert Locusts

EghtesadOnline: The Food and Agriculture Organization has delivered the first batch of its technical assistance to Iran’s Plant Protection Organization to help the country battle the invasion of desert locusts, FAO’s Iran Office has announced in a press release.
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Publish Date: 31/May/2020 | 13:36

Leather Production at 124 Million Ft2 in Fiscal 2019-20

EghtesadOnline: A total of 124 million square feet of leather were produced in Iran during the last fiscal year (March 2019-20), according to the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade’s Planning Department.
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Publish Date: 19/May/2020 | 11:16

Duties on Chicken Exports Abolished

EghtesadOnline: Duties on exports of chicken have been abolished until May 21, the Islamic Republic of Iran announced in a directive sent to all customs terminals across the country.
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Publish Date: 21/April/2020 | 11:52

Penalty Set for Hiring Illegal Foreign Workers

EghtesadOnline: Penalty for employers hiring illegal foreign workers amid the coronavirus outbreak and closure of workshops has been set at 3.05 million rials ($19.6) per day, an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare said.
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Publish Date: 21/April/2020 | 11:51

Excessive Red Meat Imports Criticized

EghtesadOnline: Over 130,000 tons of red meat were imported into Iran in the last fiscal year (March 2019-20), the head of Cattle Farmers Association said.
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Publish Date: 21/April/2020 | 11:50

Lead, Zinc Ore Extractions at Over 970K Tons Last Year

EghtesadOnline: Major Iranian lead and zinc producers extracted a total of 977,343 tons of ores in the last Iranian year that ended on March 19, 2020, to register an 11% decline compared to the year before, the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization’s latest report shows.
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Publish Date: 20/April/2020 | 13:52

Date Output at 1m Tons Last Year

EghtesadOnline: More than 1 million tons of dates were produced in Iran in the last Iranian year (ended March 19, 2020), the secretary of National Association of Iranian Dates said.
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Publish Date: 20/April/2020 | 13:31

FAO Boosts Iran Fund to Battle Desert Locust

EghtesadOnline: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has increased its Emergency Technical Cooperation project (TCP) to help battle swarms of the desert locust by an additional $200,000.
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Publish Date: 20/April/2020 | 13:27

$10.5m Trade With US in Jan.-Feb.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s commercial exchanges with the US stood at $10.5 million during the first two months of 2020 to register a 22.09% rise compared with last year’s corresponding period.
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Publish Date: 18/April/2020 | 14:30

Projects Worth $720m in Industrial Hubs Last Year

EghtesadOnline: A total of 2,547 projects worth 116.17 trillion rials ($720 million) were implemented in Iran’s industrial parks and estates in the last fiscal year that ended on March 19, 2020, according to Deputy Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohsen Salehinia.
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Publish Date: 18/April/2020 | 14:24

India Urged to Withstand Unjust US Sanctions

EghtesadOnline: Iran's ambassador to India called on New Delhi and the rest of the international community to stand against the "unjust" American sanctions that are hurting millions of Iranians at a time of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Publish Date: 18/April/2020 | 14:17

Culture, Art Sector’s Losses Over COVID-19 Estimated at $60m

EghtesadOnline: In separate letters to First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri, the head of Plan and Budget Organization, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi and Vice President for Economic Affairs Mohammad Nahavandian and Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi has called for financial support to the arts and cultural sector amid the losses caused by the new coronavirus.
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Publish Date: 18/April/2020 | 14:10

700-800 Trucks Carry Iranian Goods to Iraqi Kurdistan Daily

EghtesadOnline: Between 700 and 800 trucks carrying Iranian goods cross the Iraqi Kurdistan border from Iran per day, says the secretary-general of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce, Hamid Hosseini, IBENA reported.
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Publish Date: 18/April/2020 | 13:49

60% Decline in Red Meat Consumption Over Coronavirus

EghtesadOnline: The consumption of red meat has seen a 60% decline following the outbreak of the new coronavirus and shutdown of restaurants and ceremony halls, among others, says the head of Iran’s Livestock Exporters National Assembly.
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Publish Date: 18/April/2020 | 13:47

Coronavirus Aid for 3m Poor Households Today

EghtesadOnline: The government will deposit the second round of its coronavirus aid into the bank accounts of the head of three million low-income families on Saturday.
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Publish Date: 18/April/2020 | 13:45

Religious Leaders Should Unite to Help People Worldwide

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution Saeed Reza Ameli has called for the formation of a joint international committee working against the COVID-19 pandemic in a letter to world religious leaders.
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Publish Date: 14/April/2020 | 19:26

Flooding Kills 2 in Northwest

EghtesadOnline: Heavy downpours have caused flooding in several northeastern and north-central provinces, mainly in Khorasan Razavi Province, killing at least two people and damaging dozens of houses.
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Publish Date: 14/April/2020 | 19:24