Iran hunts for grains as coronavirus compounds economic woes
Reuters | Maha El Dahan, Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul: Iran is scrambling to buy millions of tonnes of wheat, corn and soybeans to shore…
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Iran approves import of 3 mln tonnes of wheat – local media
Reuters – Iran’s government granted permission for the import of 3 million tonnes of wheat in January, local media reported late on…
Iran bought up to 1 mln tonnes of wheat in recent weeks
Reuters – Iran has bought up to 1 million tonnes of wheat in recent weeks on international markets, trade sources said on…
Iran signs wheat import MOUs with Russia, Kazakhstan: official
Reuters – Iran has signed memorandums of understanding with Russia and Kazakhstan for the temporary importation of wheat, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ali…
Gov’t to import 3m tons of wheat to refill strategic reserves
Financial Tribune – The government’s wheat purchases from local farmers have declined by 3 million tons this year, which will be imported…
Iran has to import wheat and US sanctions threaten it
Press TV – Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati says Iran has to import some shipments of wheat this year because state purchases…
Iran wheat imports down to zero amid global crisis
Press TV – An official says the Iranian government needs no more wheat imports thanks to favorable crop harvest and procurement from…
Iran’s buoyant grain stocks face US sanctions test
Press TV – The Iranian government has so far bought a record 9.5 million tonnes of wheat from local farmers who experienced…
Gov’t wheat purchases surpass last year’s
Financial Tribune – The government has bought more than 9.2 million tons of wheat from local farmers in 31 Iranian provinces in…
Government buying wheat to build up strategic reserve
Financial Tribune – More than 6 million tons of wheat worth 78 trillion rials ($1.8 billion) have been purchased from local farmers…
Iran not in need of wheat import
IRNA – Iran is to become self-sufficient in wheat production this year and there is no need to import the strategic produce,…
Russia gets another market for its wheat after deal with Iran
Bloomberg | Anatoly Medetsky: Iran is giving Russia another market to offload its massive wheat harvest. The Persian Gulf nation has agreed to…
Wheat imports continue based on pre-ban orders
Financial Tribune- More than 55,200 tons of wheat worth close to $15.45 million were imported from six countries during the five months…
Iran bans wheat imports: Agency
Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture bans state imports of wheat in the coming Persian year which begins on March 20, ordering officials to…
Iran stops wheat imports, plans to export durum wheat by March-agency
ANKARA Nov 12 (Reuters) – Iran has stopped importing wheat because of high domestic production and plans to export durum wheat by…
Iran cancels import duties on wheat and barley
DUBAI/MOSCOW, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Iran has canceled import duties it imposed on wheat and barley in July, according to an official…
Iran to forgo wheat import for first time
For the first time, Iran will not import wheat this year thanks to satisfactory state purchases of the crop from local farmers…
Iran to buy up to 2 million tons of wheat
Iran will buy 1.5-2.0 million metric tons of wheat in the current fiscal year to March 2016, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ali Qanbari…
Iran to cut reliance on imported wheat: official
Tehran, July 12, IRNA – Iran has plans to slash reliance on imported wheat over the next four years, Deputy Agricultural Jihad…
Iran seals first big wheat deal for 2014, buys about 400,000 tonnes
HAMBURG/LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Iran has bought at least 400,000 tonnes of wheat in the first big state-sponsored purchase since December,…
Purchase of 10m tons of wheat on agenda
Zistboom: Iran is ready to purchase 10 million tons of wheat from domestic farmers in the framework of guaranteed purchase in the next…
Rouhani’s statistics on wheat imports flawed
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – The president’s statistics in his last night TV interview have been the subject of speculations in social…
Iran seeks at least 300,000 T wheat in new import spree
(Reuters) – After months out of international grain markets and payment hurdles, Iran is now seeking at least 300,000 tonnes of milling wheat to…
Iran wheat imports seen sliding by UN amid increased stockpiles
Iran’s wheat imports may drop by 67 percent this season amid ample stockpiles in the country and increasing production, the United Nations’ Food…
Iran snaps up 600,000 tonnes of wheat
Iran’s state grains buyer GTC swept back into international markets, picking up more than half a million tonnes of European origin wheat…
Iranian cities warn Parliament about dangerous food imports
Representatives of the Iranian cities of Golpaygan and Langarood have warned the agriculture and health ministers that recent imports of wheat and rice…