The average goods and services Consumer Price Index stood at 8.7% for urban areas in the 12-month period ending October 21, which marks the end of the Iranian month of Mehr, compa­red with last year’s corresponding period, according to the Central Bank of Iran’s latest report.  CBI put the preceding month’s inflation rate at 8.9%. The overall consumer price index (using 2011 as the base year) stood at 248.0 in Mehr, indicating a 0.4% increase compared with the pre­vious month and a year-on-year increase of 9.3% compared with last year’s corresponding month.

Von Januar bis August 2016 stieg der deutsch-iranische Außenhandel gegenüber  dem Vergleichs­zeit­raum des Jahres 2015 um 11% und erreichte einen Wert von 1.729 Mio. Euro. Deutschland lieferte Waren im Wert von 1.514 Mio. Euro (+15%); die iranischen Lieferungen lagen bei 215 Mio. Euro (-7%).  Gegenüber Januar (Inkrafttreten der Sanktionserleichterungen) nahmen die deutschen Lieferungen im August um 21% zu.

Wichtigste Warengruppen bei den deutschen Lieferungen nach Iran in den ersten acht Mona­ten des Jah­res 2016 wa­ren Ma­schi­nen, Apparate und mechanische Geräte (429 Mio. Euro), optische, photografische usw. Er­zeug­nisse (141 Mio. Euro), Ge­trei­de (137 Mio. Euro), pharma­zeu­tische Er­zeug­nisse (123 Mio. Euro), Kraft­­­fahr­­zeuge, Land­fahr­zeuge (93 Mio. Euro), und elektrotechnische Er­zeug­nisse (89 Mio. Euro).  Im Juli und August wurde aus Deutschland kein Getreide eingeführt.

Die iranischen Liefe­run­gen nach Deutschland von Januar bis August 2016 setz­ten sich u.a. zu­sam­­men aus Früch­­­­­ten und Nüssen im Wert von 107 Mio. Euro, anderen Waren tie­­ri­schen Ur­sprungs (Häu­te und Schafs­­därme; 22 Mio. €), pharma­zeu­ti­schen Erzeugnissen (20 Mio. Eu­ro), Teppi­chen (18 Mio. €) sowie Schellack, Gummen, Harz und Pflanzensaft (15 Mio. €).  Eine Tabelle von 98 Warengruppen kann angefordert werden.  Nach Angaben des Statis­ti­schen Bun­des­amtes

China remains Iran’s big­gest trade partner.

Gas condensate was the main exported com­modity ($4.5 milli­on) and field corn was the main import ($679 million).

Iran’s non-oil foreign trade during the seven months of the current Iranian year (started March 20) stood at $48.708 billion.

According to the latest report released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, non-oil commodities worth $24.657 billion we­re exported during the seven-month period, re­gis­tering a 4.34% rise compared with the corresponding period of last year.  Gas condensate was the main exported commodity ($4.05 million), making up for 16.43% of the export value. It was followed by liquefied natural gases ($1.952billion), petroleum gases and liquefied hydro­car­­bons ($888 million), light crude oil, excluding gasoline ($828 million) and liquefied propane ($694 million).  China was the biggest customer of Iranian products during the seven-month pe­riod as Iran exported $4.438 billion worth of goods to the Asian country, 2.48% less than last year's corresponding figure. Other major export destinations included the UAE with $3.887 billion, Iraq with $3.509 billion, Turkey with $2.505 billion and South Korea with $1.958 billion.  The value of exports to Turkey and South Korea indicates an increase of 11.34% and 786% res­pectively over last year, whereas exports to the UAE and Iraq had a 17.37% and 2.44% decline.

Imports stood at $24.051 billion, indicating a 0.10% decline year-on-year.  The main imports included field corn ($679 million), soybean ($534 million), rice ($508 million), auto parts (for automobile production) ($498 million) and different types of vehicles ($407 million).  Major ex­porters to Iran included China ($5.711 billion, -5.54%), the UAE ($4.098 billion, -13.09%), South Korea ($1.885 billion, -13.54%), Turkey ($1.555 billion, 15.26%) and Germany ($1.275 billion, +25%).  

Iran’s non-oil foreign trade stood at $81.38 billion for the past Iranian fiscal year (March 2015-16). Imports amounted to $40.13 billion—down 22.77% compared with the preceding year. These mainly originated from China, the UAE, South Korea, Turkey and Switzerland.  Exports reached $41.24 billion, indicating a 16.3% drop. China, Iraq, the UAE, Afghanistan and India we­re the main export destinations.

TEHRAN, Oct 16 (Shana) -- National Iranian Oil Company has issued an announcement inviting qualified, eligible companies to participate in Iran's upstream oil and gas projects tender rounds.  The Announcement is as follows:

Pre-Qualification Public Announcement

For Iran Oil and Gas upstream projects tender rounds

National Iranian oil company (NIOC) intends to hold tender rounds for some of Iran's oil and Gas E&P projects. It hereby invites interested, qualified and reputable E&P or integrated oil com­panies for pre-qualification. The projects that will subsequently be tendered will be awar­ded under Iranian laws, rules and regulations.  Pre-qualification documents and related infor­ma­tion such as procedures, criteria and evaluation mechanisms, will be available at www.nioc.ir as of Oct. 17th 2016. Applicants shall provide a hard copy as well as electronic files of all re­qui­red documents and information to the following address up to Nov. 19th 2016.

Address: Room 501, 6th NIOC Hq., No. 671, Hafez St. (before Hafez Bridge, Tehran, Iran

Email Address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The final line of pre-qualified applicants will be published on Dec. 7th 2016 at www.nioc.ir