Das Aussenhandelsvolumen der EU mit Iran beträgt knapp 20 Mrd. Euro in den ersten drei Quartalen 2010 als auch 2011.  Wichtigster Handelspartner des Iran in der EU ist Italien mit einem italienisch-iranischen Handelsvolumen in Höhe von 5,5 Mrd. €, gefolgt von Spanien (3,6 Mrd. €), Deutschland (2,8 Mrd. €) und Frankreich (2,5 Mrd.€).

Wichtigstes Lieferland der EU ist Deutschland, mit Lieferungen im Wert von 2,3 Mrd. Euro (-21%), gefolgt von Italien (1,3 Mrd. €/-14%) und Frankreich (1,2 Mrd. €/-6%).

Italien importierte Waren im Wert von 4,1 Mrd. € aus Iran, das sind 8% mehr als im Zeitraum Jan-Sep 2010;  an zweiter Stelle der europäischen Importländer liegt Spanien (3,0/23%), gefolgt von Frankreich (1,3 Mrd.€/61%) und den Niederlanden (1,2 Mrd.€/-36%).  Insgesamt importierten die 27 EU-Länder Waren im Wert von 11,4 Mrd. € aus Iran, das entspricht den Importen im Vergleichszeitraum des Vorjahres.

The latest census result shows that 8.5 million people live in the capital city and more than three million in the cities of the province of Tehran, the Deputy Governor of Tehran announced Sunday.  Nematollah Torki stated that data on 2.830.000 households have been collected in Tehran and 200,000 could not be reached adding the average number of persons in each household in the Tehran province was three./-

Iran plans to import two Chinese cars in coming months. The cars working with two differentials belong to Chinese Great Wall Motors Auto Manufacture Company.

Iran's Rhine Auto Manufacture Company, a subcategory of Kerman Khodro Car Maker, whose contract with South Korean Hyundai companies on manufacture of Avante and Verna sedans is being terminated plans to cooperate with the Chinese car maker.

Voleex C10, one of the sedans to be exported to Iran is now being manufactured in a Chinese corporation in Bulgaria. Also another model of the car, C30, is another Chinese car to be imported to Iran. Great Wall Motors founded in 1976 was selected as the largest manufacturer of cars with 2 differentials. The corporation used to make 500,000 sedans annually, but last year it manufactured less than 400, 000 sedans.  The Chinese company has sold cars to African, Australian, European, Middle Eastern, Russian, South American and South African markets. It had exported cars to 60 countries by 2006.

According to the preliminary data of the 2011 National Population and Housing Census of Iran, the country’s population has exceeded 75 million people, an official of the Statistical Center of Iran said on Wednesday.  Census Committee Chairman Taha Noorollahi told the Mehr News Agency that the field operations of the 2011 National Population and Housing Census of Iran were completed on Tuesday after 23 days of head counting.  He expressed the hope that the exact and comprehensive statistics of the census would be released in the near future.

According to the previous Iranian population and housing census, which was conducted in 2006, the country’s population stood at 70.4 million. Therefore, the new data shows that Iran’s population has increased by around 4.6 million over the past five years.