EU27-Iran Foreign Trade from January till July 2020 generated 2,649 mil­li­on Euro.

The 27 EU coun­­­tries (without the United Kingdom) exported goods worth € 2,209 million Euro to Iran and imported goods worth € 440 million. Germany was the most important EU trade partner of Iran, with a trade vol­ume of 1,087 million Euro, fol­lowed by Italy (390 million Euro) and the Ne­ther­lands 292 mil­lion Euro).

The European Union (EU27) export of goods to Iran in the first seven month of the year 2020 stood at 2.209 mill­i­on Euro, a de­crea­se of 11% com­­pared to the first seven month of the year 2019. Ac­cor­ding to the la­test da­ta by Euro­stat, the sta­tis­tical of­fice of the European Union, 42% of the EU ex­­ports to Iran ca­me from Ger­­­many, which de­­­li­ve­red goods worth € 921 million, that was 12% mo­re than from January till July 2019. Second (15%) was Italy with ex­ports worth € 328 mil­­li­on (-26%), fol­lowed by the Ne­ther­­­lands (€ 212 million, -23%).

From January till July 2020 the 27 EU countries imported goods worth € 440 million from Iran (5%). Most of the Iranian ex­ports to the Eu­­ro­pean Union (38%) go to Germany, which im­ported goods worth 166 mil­­lion from Iran (+40%), fol­­lowed by the Netherlands  (€ 80 million, 668%)  and Italy (€62 million, -42%).

Financial Tribune:   With demand for the influenza vaccine surging around the world as coun­tries prepare for the concurrence of the influenza season and the Covid-19 outbreak during autumn, Iranian officials are devising plans to regulate the purchase of the sought-after vac­cine. Heydar Mohammadi, an official with Iran’s Food and Drug Administration, told ISNA that influ­en­za vaccines will become available to the public by mid-September. According to Mohammadi, the ID number of each individual purchasing the vaccine will be registered so as to prevent its trade on the black market.“We are making efforts to import a majority of vaccine doses by late September,” he added.

Von Januar bis Juli 2020 stieg der deutsch-iranische Außenhandel auf 1.092 Millionen Euro und damit im Ver­gleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum um 15%. Deutschland lieferte Wa­­­ren im Wert von 920 Milli­o­nen Euro (12%); die iranischen Lieferungen nach Deutschand  lagen bei 172 Mio. Euro (33%).

Wichtigste Warengruppen bei den deutschen Lieferungen nach Iran von Januar bis Juli 2020 wa­­­ren Getreide (205 Mio. Euro,  in den letzten beiden Monaten erfolgten keine Getreidelie­fe­rungen mehr), Ma­­­schi­­nen, Apparate und mechanische Geräte (176  Mio. Eu­ro),  pharma­zeu­ti­sche Er­­zeug­nisse (121 Mio. Euro), opti­sche, photo­gra­fi­sche usw. Er­zeug­nisse (68 Mio. Eu­ro) so­wie elek­tro­­tech­ni­sche Er­zeug­nisse (53 Mio. Euro).

Die iranischen Liefe­run­gen nach Deutschland im Berichtszeitraum setz­ten sich u.a. zu­sam­­men aus geniessbaren Früch­­­­­­­ten und Nüssen im Wert von 77 Mio. Eu­­ro, ande­ren Waren tie­­ri­schen Ur­­­­­­s­prungs (Häu­te und Schafs­­därme) (20 Mio. Eu­ro), pharma­zeu­­ti­schen Er­zeugnis­sen (20 Mio. Eu­ro), Schellack, Gummen, Harz, Pflanzensaft (10 Mio. Euro) sowie Teppi­chen (8 Mio. Euro).

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

Financial Tribune:   Only days before the new academic year begins, the Education Ministry has announced the countrywide reopening of schools but ordered regions on coronavirus red alert to move classes online until further notice.

“Excluding regions with high numbers of Covid-19 cases, the disease caused by the novel coro­navirus, all schools will start the new school year with in-person learning,” Education Minister Mohsen Haji-Mirzaei was quoted as saying by ISNA. “Some 35% of nationwide classes, where social distancing is possible, will return to normal while following safety rules,” Haji-Mirzaei added, noting that other education centers will require the presence of students on alternate days to curb the spread of virus transmission. As of Monday, 13 of Iran’s 31 provinces, including Tehran, home to the country’s capital, are in a “red” state. Starting Saturday, only regions tag­ged as red by the National Coronavirus Taskforce will not allow the physical return of students to schools.

Iranian schools were closed for nearly four months during the last academic year as the corona­vi­rus outbreak began its relentless spread across the country, prompting the Education Ministry to find alternative methods to keep learning alive. Acknowledging insufficient technological re­sour­ces, Haji-Mirzaei said educational content will be broadcast on television to reach students without the means to attend online classes.  “Even if students do not have access to television, we will prepare learning packages and pursue education via contact with teachers,” he added.

Students with access to the internet can acquire educational material via the Education Minis­try’s application, Shad, which was launched to connect students and educators in the last se­mes­ter.