Iran
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Iran's Q1-3 Steel Exports Decline by 17% as Imports Increase by 73%
EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 6.45 million tons of finished and semi-finished steel products were exported from Iran during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (March 21-Dec. 20)…
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Iran: Covid-19 Vaccination to Start Soon
EghtesadOnline: Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei announced on Tuesday that Iran will start its mass inoculation program over the next two weeks.
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Q1-Q3 Aluminum Output Rises by 66 Percent to Over 325K Tons
EghtesadOnline: Iranian aluminum producers had a total output of 325,223 tons of ingots during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Dec. 20) to register a 66% rise compared…
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1st Covid Vaccines to Arrive Soon
EghtesadOnline: Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Sunday announced that the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive in Iran in a matter of days.
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Iran Oil Exports on the Rise
EghtesadOnline: Iran set the highest record of oil products export during the past three years when the country was under tough sanctions imposed by the former US administration, the Oil Minister…
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Q1-3 Housing Loans Hit $1.12b
EghtesadOnline: Bank Maskan, the state agent bank of Iran’s housing sector, paid a total of 1.47 million loans worth 257,800 billion rials ($1.12 billion) to applicants during the nine months…
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Cold Spell Inflicts Losses Worth Millions of Dollars on Agro Sector
EghtesadOnline: The cold spell has inflicted losses worth millions of dollars on Iran’s agricultural sector, mainly in the south of the country.
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SCI Releases Statistics on Lightweight Livestock
EghtesadOnline: There were 46.6 million sheep and lambs and 16.7 million goats and goat kids at Iran’s livestock farms in the month ending Dec 20, 2020, indicating an increase of 8.3% in the…
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Auto Output Rises Marginally
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s automotive production increased by 0.9% during the 10 months to Jan. 19, compared with the same period of last year.
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Concerns Over Halt in Covid-19 Downtrend in Iran
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said the downtrend in coronavirus infections had stopped in a number of provinces around Iran, raising concerns that the new rise could lead…
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MSC Remains Leading Producer
EghtesadOnline: Latest data released by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization shows Mobarakeh Steel Company remains Iran’s biggest steelmaker.
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CNG Filling Stations in a Quandary
EghtesadOnline: So long as profit margin for retailers in the CNG sector remains low, the privately-owned industry is unlikely to grow, head of the Iran CNG Association said.
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Iranian Dairy Consumption Below Global Average
EghtesadOnline: Average per capita dairy consumption in Iran has reached 82 kg at its peak, which is still below the global average, Esmaeil Khatami-Moqaddam, an inspector of Iran Dairy Industries…
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100 Publishers Account for 75% of All Books Published in Iran
EghtesadOnline: One hundred publishers account for 75% of all books published in Iran, while the remaining 25% are published by 1,000 publishing houses, says a member of Tehran Publishers Union.
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Q1-3 Coal Concentrate Output Exceeds 500K Tons
EghtesadOnline: The combined coal concentrate output of Iran’s two major producers reached 535,039 during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (March 20-Dec. 20, 2020).
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Sheet Glass Output Tops 840K Tons in Nine Months
EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 847,300 tons of sheet glass were produced in Iran during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Dec. 20, 2020) to register a 2.2% decline compared…
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Iran Receives ISTA’s Accreditation to Issue Int’l Seed Certificates
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Seed and Plant Certification and Registration Institute has succeeded in attaining the International Seed Testing Association’s accreditation to issue international seed…
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Consumer Inflation Hits 32.2%
EghtesadOnline: The average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending Jan. 19, which marks the end of the 10th Iranian month, increased by 32.2% compared with the…
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Coronavirus Casualties: 6,300 Cases, 75 Deaths
EghtesadOnline: Iran on Friday logged 6,300 fresh cases of the coronavirus and 75 overnight fatalities, as its Health Ministry warned against false hopes about containment of the pandemic.
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One-Month IME Trade at $1.5b
EghtesadOnline: Commodities weighing 2.89 million tons worth 338 trillion rials ($1.5 billion) were traded at the Iran Mercantile Exchange in the last Iranian month (Dec.21-Jan.19).
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Iran: Renewables in Expansion Mode
EghtesadOnline: Fifty-five million dollars was allocated for the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (Satba) in this Persian calendar year (March 2020-2021) and will be doubled…
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Offshore Pipe-Laying Work Begins for Iran's Jask Oil Terminal
EghtesadOnline: The operation to lay offshore pipelines for Jask Oil Terminal has started, the head of the project said.
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Iran to Vaccinate 60 Million Against Covid-19 in 4 Phases
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday outlined the government’s four-phase Covid-19 vaccination plan that promises to give 60 million Iranians access to the vaccine in order of…
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Hamedan Province Exports at $100 Million
EghtesadOnline: A total of $100 million worth of goods were exported from Hamedan Province during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Dec. 20, 2020), according to Aqayar…
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Olive Output Expected to Reach 120K Tons by Fiscal Yearend
EghtesadOnline: A total of 115,000 tons of olives have so far been harvested in Iran and output is estimated to reach 120,000 tons by the end of the current fiscal year (March 20), according…
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KSC Remains Iran’s Biggest Steel Exporter in 9 Months
EghtesadOnline: With the export of 1.1 million tons of slab, bloom and billet during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March. 20-Dec. 20), Khouzestan Steel Company remained Iran’s…
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Challenges of Water Management
EghtesadOnline: Availability of and access to water is the responsibility of those who manage this finite resource. Period. Professor Neda Torabi Farsani goes straight to the heart of the matter…
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Iran-Azerbaijan Economic Commission Convenes in Tehran
EghtesadOnline: The 14th Iran-Azerbaijan Economic Commission held meetings in Tehran on Monday and Tuesday.
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Iran Signs Rail Agreements With Turkey
EghtesadOnline: Iran and Turkey have signed three documents for maximizing the capacity of freight and passenger rail transportation, Managing Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways…
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Foreign Investment in Iran’s FTZs Rises by 57% to Over $150 Million
EghtesadOnline: A total of $158 million worth of foreign investments have been made in Iran’s free trade and industrial zones during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Dec.…