Wheat
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Iran 13th Biggest Wheat Producer in World
Iran is the world’s biggest wheat producer in 2023, producing 14 million tons of wheat, according to the statistics of the US Department of Agriculture.
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Iran Reports 32% Surge in Early Wheat Harvest
EghtesadOnline: The government has reported a considerable increase in its purchases of domestically-grown wheat in the 37 days ending May 3.
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Iran Buys More Russian Wheat Despite Forex Payment Issues
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s state procurement agency, the Government Trading Corporation, reportedly purchased several hundred thousand tons of Russian milling wheat last week for April and May shipment.
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Wheat Production Rises 45% to 11.5m Tons in Last Crop Year
EghtesadOnline: The 130% rise in the government’s guaranteed purchase prices last year and a 50% decline in the Agriculture Ministry’s fertilizer and pesticide prices have encouraged farmers…
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Iran Wheat Storage Capacity Among Middle East’s Largest
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s wheat storage capacity currently stands at 21.41 million tons, making it one of the Middle East’s largest, according to the Government Trading Corporation.
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Wheat Imports More Than Double to 1.7m Tons This Year: GTC
EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 1.7 million tons of wheat have been imported by Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21, registering a 113% rise compared with the similar period…
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LC Issued to Import 3.5m Tons of Wheat
EghtesadOnline: Iran needs to import 3.5 million tons of wheat by May 21 and a letter of credit (LC) has been issued to this end, according to the head of Federation for Iranian Food Industries…
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Wheat Imports Increase by 60% in Volume, 92% in Value
EghtesadOnline: Wheat imports stood at 3.6 million tons worth $1.2 billion since the beginning of the current fiscal year on March 21, up until Nov. 6, registering a 60% rise in volume and 92%…
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Subsidies for Import of Wheat, Medicines to Stay Until March
EghtesadOnline: The government may decide to remove certain commodities from the list of imports entitled to subsidized dollar at the rate of 42,000 rials, but it is certain that wheat and medicines…
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Iran Buying Record Volume of Wheat After Worst Drought in 50 Years
EghtesadOnline: Iran needs to buy a record 8 million tons of wheat in the current season, Iranian industry sources said, after its domestic crop was hit by drought.
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37% Decline in Gov’t Wheat Purchases From Local Farmers
EghtesadOnline: The government has bought 4.7 million tons of wheat worth 230 quadrillion rials ($839 million) from farmers across the country, which show a 37% decline compared with last year’s…
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GTC to Purchase 10m Tons of Wheat From Local Farmers in Current Crop Year
EghtesadOnline: The Government Trading Corporation of Iran plans to purchase a total of 10 million tons of wheat from local farmers at guaranteed prices in the current crop year (Sept. 2020-21).
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Land Under Wheat Cultivation Near 4.5m Hectares
EghtesadOnline: Close to 4.5 million hectares have so far gone under wheat cultivation this year, more than 1.27 million hectares of which are irrigated and 3.21 million hectares are rain-fed,…
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Gov’t Buys 7% More Wheat From Local Farmers This Year
EghtesadOnline: The Government Trading Corporation has bought 8.22 million tons of wheat worth 207.8 trillion rials ($755 million) from local farmers across the country in the current fiscal…
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Iran Gov't Halfway Through Guaranteed Wheat Purchase
EghtesadOnline: A total of 6 million tons of wheat worth 140 quadrillion rials ($577.32 million) have been purchased from local farmers in all 31 Iranian provinces in the current fiscal year…
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Iran Wheat Production, Consumption Reviewed
EghtesadOnline; Domestic demand for wheat in Iran currently amounts to 12 million tons per year, according to CEO of the National Foundation of Elite Farmers Ali Khan-Mohammadi.
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India’s 10th Wheat Consignment for Afghanistan Unloaded at Chabahar
EghtesadOnline: India’s 10th wheat consignment for Afghanistan arrived in Iran’s southeastern Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar on Wednesday, with Afghanistan's Ambassador in Tehran Abdul Ghafoor…
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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…
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Biggest Silo in Eastern Iran Under Construction
EghtesadOnline: A silo for storing wheat with a capacity of 100,000 tons is being constructed in Semnan Province’s Garmsar city.
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Iran: Land Under Wheat Cultivation Reaches 6 Million Hectares
EghtesadOnline: Land under wheat cultivation in Iran has reached 6 million hectares in the current cultivation season (started late September of 2019), according to latest data released by the…
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Wheat Cultivation Season Begins
EghtesadOnline: Wheat cultivation season has begun and more than 12 million tons of the staple grain are expected to be produced across the country this crop year, the head of the National Wheat…
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Goods Transit From India to Afghanistan via Iran's Chabahar Hits 120,000 Tons
EghtesadOnline: Some 120,000 tons of wheat and pulses have been exported to Afghanistan, mainly from India, through Chabahar Port in southern Iran since October 2017 when the first such Indian…
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Iran Gov’t Buys 5.5% More Wheat This Year
EghtesadOnline: More than 9.5 million tons of wheat worth 120 trillion rials ($750 million) have been purchased from local farmers across the country by the government in the current Iranian…
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Government Buying Wheat to Build Up Strategic Reserve
EghtesadOnline: More than 6 million tons of wheat worth 78 trillion rials ($1.8 billion) have been purchased from local farmers since the beginning of the current harvest season to shore up the…
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Egypt’s Ban on Wheat With Fungus Adds to Confusion for Traders
EghtesadOnline: Egypt will no longer accept imported wheat containing any traces of the ergot fungus, the Agriculture Ministry said, sowing fresh regulatory confusion that has hampered shipments…