Financial Tribune - Despite reassurances by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade that Iranian ports have ample stocks of food and essential goods, people are racing to buy in large quantities supplies from sanitizers to meat and ginger, amid growing coronavirus fears. The national stockpile of sanitizers and essential goods is sufficient;...

Financial Tribune - The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has set a target of raising Iran's annual exports to neighboring countries to $48 billion by the fiscal 2021-22, the deputy industries said. According to Hossein Modarres Khiyabani, Iran currently has a 2% share in the neighboring countries' total imports and if the target is realized,...

Financial Tribune - Chabahar has the capacity of handling up to 8.5 million tons of cargo per year and hosting vessels weighing more than 80,000 tons Chabahar Port handled a total of $800 million worth of commodities in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) to register a 50% growth compared with the year before, according to the director of Commerce ...