10 Items formed 25 percent of total import
25 Percent of total imports of our country were allocated to 10 items, in the first half of current Iranian year (started at 21 March 2013. Based on the reports of public relations office of IRICA, total value of 10 main import items reached 4 billion and 931 million dollars. Considering this report, main imported goods consist of rice worthy of one billion and 289 million dollars, animal meal and other solid wastes worthy of 755 million dollars, corn for animals worthy of 505 million dollars, hard wheat worthy of 447 million dollars, vehicles with piston engine worthy of 371 million dollars, Ingots of Iron and non – alloy steel worthy of 322 million dollars, palm olein worthy of 321 million dollars, supplements worthy of 320 million dollars, crude soybean oil worthy of 304 million dollars and unrefined sugar worthy of 295 million dollars. The report further added that among 10 main import items, rice, vehicles with piston engine, palm olein and crude soybean oil show an increase in terms of value while import of other items in this group demonstrate a decrease.
It should be mentioned that during the said period ,around 13 million and 241 thousand tons of goods worthy of 19 billion and 935 million dollars have been imported to the country indicating a decline of 31 percent in weight and 25 percent in value compared to the same period of previous year.