ran-EU seminar held on food trade, agricultural co-opA two-day Iran-EU seminar was held on November 19-20, adopting standards and trade policies on food and agricultural cooperation between Iran and EU.
Value of vegetable exports doubles in H1According to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, the value of exports for various types of vegetables has doubled in the first half of Iranian fiscal year (Mar. 21 – Sep. 22).
Iran, Turkey draw roadmap for agriculture cooperationIranian ministry of agriculture and Turkey’s ministry of agriculture and forestry inked three memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on Wednesday for cooperation in various fields
Brazil planning to open $1.2b credit line to invest in Iran Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is planning to open a $1.2-billion credit line to continue trade with Iran and also investment making in the country, Brazilian Ambassador to Tehran Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos announced.
Iran achieves significant growth in agricultural processing productsExport of agricultural processing and complementary products in the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 21) registered a significant 21 and 36 percent growth as compared to the same period last year in value and weight, respectively.
Iran, Armenia sign MoU on manufacturing agricultural machineryThe value of export to Pakistan in the first four months of current [Iranian calendar] year 1397 (March 21 – July 22) has grown 66 percent compared to same period last year, said Iranian commercial attaché in Pakistan.
Annual agricultural products, foodstuff exports up 4 percentThe value of agricultural products and foodstuff exports from Iran rose four percent in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), Kaveh Zargaran, the secretary general of Federation of Iranian Food Associations, announced, citing the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
signing of co-op agreement between Federation of Iranian Food Association and TurkeyFederation of Iranian Food Association and Central Union of Turkish Agricultural Credit Cooperative signed a cooperation agreement on agriculture and foodstuff.
Over $446m of facilities to be granted for mechanization of agricultureHead of Mechanization Department of Iran Agriculture Ministry predicted that 20 trillion rials (about $446.8 million) of facilities will be allocated for mechanization of domestic agricultural sector during the upcoming Iranian calendar year (starting March 21)
Annual growth in agricultural sector projected to hit 3.8 percent According to the predictions made by Iranian Agriculture Ministry and the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), domestic agriculture sector’s value added by the end of the current Iranian calendar year 1396 (March 20, 2018), is planned to reach 450 trillion rials (about $9.5 billion), showing 3.8 percent annual growth.