EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 1,650 tons of raw silk cocoons are estimated to be produced in Iran in the current fiscal year (March 2020-21) to register a 20% increase compared with the year before, according to the head of Iran Sericulture Expansion Center affiliated with the Agriculture Ministry.
EghtesadOnline: The number of people infected with the new coronavirus fell below 1,000 on Monday for the first time in over a month, while the death toll saw a relatively sharp rise from a day earlier.
EghtesadOnline: A Saudi Arabian oil official on Saturday refuted the conclusion of an analytics firm that the country’s oil exports to the US dramatically increased in the last month.
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 3 by 7,586 trucks, an official with Sistan-Baluchestan Department of Road Maintenance and Transportation said.
EghtesadOnline: Public transportation fares for metro, bus, taxi and minibus will see a 25% rise in the next Iranian year (starting March 20), as per the approval of Tehran City Council on Tuesday.
EghtesadOnline: Export of petrochemicals increased 5% in the first ten months of this year (March 2019-Feb 2020) compared to the same period last year, a spokesman of the Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters' Union said.
EghtesadOnline: The value of domestically-made pharmaceuticals has increased 30% in the current Iranian year (started March 2019) and about €600 million less were spent on the import of medicines, says Health Minister Saeed Namaki.
EghtesadOnline: More than $387 million worth of goods were exported from the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2019-Jan. 20) to register a 124% rise compared with the similar period of last Year.
EghtesadOnline: Imports of livestock and poultry feed saw a 16% and 26% growth in weight and value respectively to reach 11.81 million tons worth $3.27 billion in the 10 months to Jan. 20.
EghtesadOnline: The main index of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, gained 2,908.82 points, or 0.63%, on Saturday to end trading at 461,988.4.