As announced by the governor-general of Kordestan province, in the west of Iran, 70 idle production units have been revived in the province in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 21, 2023). Esmaeil Zareie-Kousha said the figure is hoped to reach 100 units by the end of year.
Iran produced 31.1 million tons of crude steel in 2023 to account for 58.4 percent of West Asia’s total production in the mentioned year, according to the latest report released by the World Steel Association (WSA).
The value of trade between Iran and China in 2023 exceeded $14.6 billion, registering a 6.2 percent decline compared to 2022, according to China’s Customs data.
The Iranian foreign minister praised South Africa for its victory in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel.
Commodities worth $457 million were exported from Zanjan province in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Decemebr 21, 2023), a provincial official announced.
Iran and Turkey inked 10 cooperation documents and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to boost bilateral investment and economic cooperation between the two countries during Iranian President Raisi’s official trip to the neighboring country on Wednesday, IRNA reported.
Based on an agreement signed between Tanzania and Iran, the African country will pay its debts to Iran, an official with Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran announced on Monday.
The value of Iran’s exports to China increased by 30 percent in December 2023 as compared to the same month in 2022, according to China’s Customs data.
During the past Iranian calendar month (ended on January 20) Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) witnessed trade of 13,986,385 tons of commodities, 29 vehicles and four apartment units with a total trading value of nearly $3 billion on its physical market, logging growths of 16.7 percent in volume and seven percent in value of trades compared with the month before that.
As announced by the governor-general of Ilam province, in the west of Iran, 220 idle industrial units have been revived in the province over the past two years.