BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 28
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
More than 44,800 tons of wheat and 11,100 tons of rapeseed has been purchased from farmer in the Mazandaran Province (northern Iran) to June 27 in the current Iranian year (began March 20, 2020), Director of Government Trading Corporation of Iran’s branch in Mazandaran Province Bahram Najafi said, Trend reports citing the corporation's website.
According to him, the value of the purchased wheat was 1.14 trillion rials (about $27.2 million).
He added that the value of the purchased rapeseed is more than 496 billion rials (about $11.8 million).
About 3.91 million tons of wheat worth 90.7 trillion rials (about $2.15 billion) was purchased from farmers in Iran from April 4 to June 26.
The price of ordinary wheat to be purchased from farmers in the current planting year is set at 25,000 rials (about 59 cents), and of durum wheat - at 26,000 rials (about 61 cents) per kilogram in the current Iranian year (began March 20, 2020). The price of rapeseed is set at 46,600 rials (about $1.1) per kilogram.
A number of products, including wheat, tea, rice and other products, are purchased from farmers by a state company under a guarantee in Iran.