Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 18
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
The following numbered list is a summary of Iranian news channel (IRINN TV) on latest economic developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
1. 11:03 The head of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Forud Asgari, has announced plans for developing the organization’s database platform for the country’s foreign trade known as “customs comprehensive system”. (Video shows archive footage)
2. 11:04 Iran has held stationery fair amid calls for purchasing domestically made products. The report called on Iranians to buy domestically made products instead of imported goods in order to contribute to the domestic production. (The report includes interviews with participants, sellers and producers. Video shows footage from the exhibition)
4. 11:06 Report on the prices of gold in Iranian market. Per gold coin was traded at 12,402,000 rials (about $318.4 according to the currency rate on free market) on Monday. Per gram of the 18-karat gold priced at 1,218,000 rials (about $31.2)
5. 11:06 Report on the rate of foreign currencies in the Iranian market. Per euro valued 46,650 rials in the free market dropping 62 rials compared to the preceding day. US dollar lost 39 rials to reach 38952 rials.
6. 11:07 Report on the daily performance of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE). The main index of the TSE gained 0.59 percent to reach 84415.
8. 11:08 Marzieh Shahdaei, the head of the National Petrochemical Company of Iran, has said that the presence of foreign firms at the IranPlast fair has increased by 21 percent compared to the last year. This year 524 foreign companies are expected to participate at the four-day event. (Report includes an interview with Marzieh Shahdaei and archive footage).
IranPlast is being held from Sep. 24 to Sep 27 at the Tehran International Exhibition Center.
9. 11:09 The head of Export Guarantee Fund of Iran, Seyed Kamal Seyed Ali, has said that the ground in the country has been paved for boosting the country’s exports to $60 billion.
10. 11:09 Report on an exemplary entrepreneur from the northern province of Alborz involved in aqua farming and his role in boosting the country’s non-oil exports. (Video includes footage from the site and interviews with the entrepreneur, his workers and a provincial official).
11. 11:12 Farmers in the southwestern Province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari farmed 24,000 tons of almonds over the current year. The province's exports of almond earns Iran $100 million per year. (The report includes interviews with a provincial official and farmers. Video shows almond farms and their irrigation systems in the province).
Source: The state-owned news channel (IRINN), Tehran, in Persian 11:00 gmt 18 Sep 2017
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