EghtesadOnline: Farmlands under wheat cultivation in Iran have decreased by 1.5% to stand at 5.8 million hectares compared with the previous year, the director of “Wheat Project” undertaken by Agriculture Ministry said.
EghtesadOnline: About 13.4 million tons of wheat are estimated to be produced in the country during the current fiscal year (March 2018-19), the manager of “Wheat Project” undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture, Esmaeil Esfandiyari, said.
EghtesadOnline: About 13.5 million tons of wheat are estimated to be produced in the country during the current Iranian year (started March 21), the deputy agriculture minister for agronomical affairs said.
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian government will purchase between 1.2 million and 1.5 million tons of wheat from local farmers in the current fiscal year (started March 21), a deputy agriculture minister announced.
EghtesadOnline: Around 236,000 tons of wheat worth $84 million were exported from Iran during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2017- Jan. 20), registering a whopping 1,317% and 724% growth in weight and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year.
EghtesadOnline: Iran is giving Russia another market to offload its massive wheat harvest.
EghtesadOnline: Iran is estimated to produce more than 10 million tons of wheat in the next fiscal year (starting March 21).
EghtesadOnline: Around 28,500 and 31,500 tons of wheat were exported to Oman and Italy respectively from Khuzestan Province during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2017-Jan. 20, 2018).
EghtesadOnline: More than 276,410 tons of wheat worth $70.78 million were exported from Iran during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Dec. 21, 2017), registering a 1,352% and 759% growth in weight and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year, the Agriculture Ministry announced.
EghtesadOnline: More than 1.2 million tons of wheat have been traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange in the current fiscal year (started March 21), indicating a 186% rise compared with last year’s total trade of the commodity, IME Chief Executive Hamed Soltani-Nejad said.