The last statistic of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Adminis­tra­tion (IRICA) shows that Iran’s foreign trade volume in the first three month of the year 1401 (Mar. 21 - June 21 2022) has reached $25.245 billion, that is 18% more than in the first three month of the Iranian year 1400. 

The export volume of non-oil goods (excluding crude oil, fuel oil and kerosene and also without considering exports of luggage trade) in the first three month of the year 1401 valued at $13.069 billion (+21%). China ($4,214 million), Iraq ($1,824 million), Turkey ($1,737 mil­lion), the Uni­ted Arab Emirates ($1,645 million ?) and India ($424 million) were Iran’s five ma­jor export destinations, which accounted for 75% in total.

Iran imported goods valued at $12.176 billion (15%) in the first three month of the year 1401. Ac­cor­dingly, the United Arab Emirates ($ 3,426 million), China ($ 3,131 million), Turkey  ($ 1,273 million), India ($ 512 million) and Germany ($ 456 million) together exported goods worth $8.798 billion (72%) to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the same period.

Forex Quota for Overseas Travel Cut by 75 Per­cent  

Financial Tribune:   The Central Bank of Iran cut the “currency quota” for outbound tra­ve­lers with a visa.  Accordingly, authorized exchange bureaus are not allowed to sell mo­re than €500 or equivalent in other currencies for air travel that requires a visa.  So far cer­tified moneychangers were allowed to sell no more than €2,000 for air travel to coun­tries that require a visa and €300 for visa-free countries. Likewise, travelers taking land, rail and sea routes for any destination could not get more than €300, according to IBE­NA, the news agency affiliated to the Monetary and Banking Research Institute. 

Passengers can buy the currency at official rates by showing an air ticket or other travel document. 

The CBI says travelers can purchase up to €2,000 or equivalent in other currencies from mo­neychangers at “negotiated rates”. This quota is for adult Iranians aged 18 and above once in a year. One dollar was sold for 278,000 rials at the Melli Exchange affiliated to the Bank Melli Iran on Tuesday. Those interested can buy the greenback at 30,000-307,000 rials at negotiated rates from certified moneychangers, according to the head of the Association of Bureaux de Change Operators. “Negotiated rates” is a recently-intro­du­ced term. Selling currency at negotiated prices commenced in May after the CBI deci­ded to encourage export firms to offer their forex earnings to moneychangers, allowing them to sell their proceeds at mutually agreed higher rates. Due to the unending vola­ti­lity in the currency market, the CBI in February announced new restrictions on purcha­sing foreign currency from the official markets to control what it said was “precautionary demand”.    

Official exchange shops affiliated to the CBI are allowed to sell foreign currency for 25 purposes, including travel, education, pilgrimage, treatment and the like. Apart from the­se needs, the authorized moneychangers were allowed in the past to sell €2,000 for “other purposes”. The CBI last November stopped forex allocation for miscellaneous pur­poses but resumed it in late May. 

Von Januar bis Mai 2022 erreichte der deutsch-iranische Außenhandel einen Wert von 787 Millio­nen Euro und lag damit im Ver­gleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum 7% höher.  Deutsch­land lieferte Wa­­­ren im Wert von 648 Milli­o­nen Euro (5%); die iranischen Lie­fe­run­gen nach Deutschand  lagen mit 139 Mio. Euro 14% höher als im Vorjahreszeitraum.

Wichtigste Warengruppen bei den deutschen Lieferungen nach Iran in den ersten fünf Monaten des Jahres 2022 wa­­­­ren Ge­treide (211 Mio. Euro), Ma­­­schi­­nen, Apparate und mechanische Geräte (115 Mio. Eu­ro), pharma­zeu­ti­sche Er­­zeug­nissen (70 Mio. Euro),  opti­sche, pho­to­­gra­fi­sche usw. Er­zeug­­nisse (47 Mio. Eu­ro), ge­folgt von elek­tro­­tech­­ni­schen Er­zeug­nisse (29 Mio. Euro), Tabak (27 Mio. Euro), und verschiede­nen Erzeugnissen der chemischen Industrie (25 Mio. Euro).

Die iranischen Liefe­run­gen nach Deutschland von Januar bis Mai 2022 setz­ten sich u.a. zu­sam­­men aus ge­niess­baren Früch­­­­­­­ten und Nüssen im Wert von 52 Mio. Eu­­ro, an­de­­ren Waren tie­­ri­schen Ur­­­­­­­sprungs (Häu­te und Schafs­­därmen, 27 Mio. Eu­ro), Perlen, Edel­stei­nen, Edelmetallen (14 Mio. Euro), sowie Teppi­chen (11 Mio. Euro) und pharma­zeu­­ti­schen Er­zeug­­­nis­sen (11 Mio Eu­ro),

Eine Ta­bel­le mit 98 Wa­rengruppen kann angefordert werden.  Nach Angaben des Statis­ti­schen Bun­des­amtes