EghtesadOnline: Rice imports have been banned since early November and no kind of rice can go through customs clearance`.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 2.25 million tons of rice were produced in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2022), according to the deputy head of Iran Rice Union.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 709,000 tons of rice were imported during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Dec. 21), which shows order placements and imports are being carried out slower than usual, according to the secretary of Rice Importers Union.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 660,000 tons of imported rice were cleared from customs since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 21 until Nov. 13, says an Agriculture Ministry official.
EghtesadOnline: Iran imported a total of 665,000 tons of rice during the current Iranian year’s first eight months (March 21-Nov. 21), showing a 24% rise compared with the similar period of last year, according to the director general of Distribution and Sales Coordination Bureau with the Government Trading Corporation.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 2.2 million tons of rice are estimated to be produced in Iran during the current Iranian year (March 2021-22) to register a 13% decline compared with last year, according to the director general of Grains and Essential Goods Department of Agriculture Ministry.
EghtesadOnline: A total of 86,367 tons of rice worth $78.14 million were imported into Iran from the beginning of the current fiscal year on March 21 to July 6, marking a 70% decline in both weight and value compared with the similar period of last year, according to the deputy head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, Mehrdad Jamal Orounaqi.
EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 2.9 million tons of rice were produced in Iran during the last fiscal year (March 2020-21), but due to the 40% fall in precipitation, a decline in yields is predicted this year, according to the Agriculture Ministry’s director general of Grains and Essential Goods Department.
EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 2.6 million tons of rice have been produced on more than 800,000 hectares of paddy fields across the country this year, showing a 10.34% decline compared with last year’s output, according to the Agriculture Ministry’s director general of Grains and Essential Goods Affairs Department.
EghtesadOnline: This year’s seasonal ban on rice imports has been postponed and will come into effect on Sept. 22 instead of the previously announced date (July 22), according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration’s deputy for technical affairs.