‘Iran will proudly pass through sanctions’Kaveh Zargaran, the secretary general of the Federation of Iranian Food Association, said the condition created by the sanctions on his country is temporary and Iran will proudly overcome this condition.
Iran Bans Cat, Dog Food ImportsThe Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has banned the import of cat and dog food.
The general meeting of the secretaries of IFIFThe general meeting of the secretaries of the Iranian Food Industry Federation was attended by the chairman of the agriculture committee of the parliament to discuss production barriers of the food industry in Iran
Iran Agrifood Trade Deficit NarrowsI ran recorded an agrifood trade deficit of $3.64 billion for the 11 months to Feb. 19, 2019, which shows a 7.1% rise year-on-year.
Food Accounts for 8 percent of Iran's Non-Oil Export ValueI ran’s food industry accounts for 2% and 8% of the weight and value of the country’s non-oil exports respectively.
8 percent share of food industry in non-oil exports Director General of Food Industry, Pharmacy and Sanitary Department of Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mining and Commerce said that the food industry accounted for 2 percent of non-oil exports in terms of weight and 8 percent of non-oil exports in value.
Iran Agrifood Exports Up 15.3 percent Imports Down 4.9 Percent The exports mainly included fruits and vegetable worth $1.84 billion while corn was the biggest agrifood import at $1.49 billion
EU hopes to develop trade ties with IranDirector General of European Commission for Agriculture International Relations John Clarke said that European Union (EU) hopes to enhance and develop business relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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.
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.
