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Iran, Brazil to launch direct shipping line: TPOI
TASNIM – The head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) said a direct shipping line will be launched between Iran and Brazil, adding that the country’s commercial attaché to Brazil will be deployed to São Paulo in the near future.
Mehdi Zeyghami added that Iran attaches great importance to its trade ties with the South American country.
Iran-EU six-month trade exceeds €2.3b: Eurostat
MEHR – The Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Sunday put the value of trade exchanges between Iran and the European Union’s member states in the first half of 2023 (January-June) at €2.313 billion, half of which is related to Iran’s trade with Germany.
The trade exchanges between Iran and EU member states from January to June 2023 registered a 10 percent decline compared to the corresponding period last year.
Iran and EU member states had exchanged €2.584 billion in the first half of 2022.
IMIDRO’s
four-month aluminum output tops 218,000 tons
IRNA – Iran produced more than 218,000 tons of aluminum ingot in the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to July 22), according to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO).
Four major aluminum production companies of the country produced 218,532 tons of aluminum ingot in the said period, showing a two percent decline compared to the same period last year.