Iran's looming weak wheat harvest bodes for increased imports

Published 2025년 4월 26일

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Due to adverse weather conditions, Iran's wheat harvest is projected to see a significant decrease, with the Agriculture Ministry expecting a drop from 16 million tons last year to between 9 and 11 million tons this year. The reduced rainfall has led to parched fields and lower yields across the country. Despite the lower forecast, Iran expects to need to import up to 6 million tons of wheat to meet domestic demand, which has increased due to low grain prices. Last year, Iran spent over $3 billion to buy nearly 12 million tons of wheat from local farmers. The country has recently launched a wheat-buying campaign in five southern provinces, with expectations to buy 814,000 tons of wheat from farmers by September.

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Iran expects a significant drop in this year’s wheat harvest due to adverse weather conditions, Iran’s state-run Press TV, which broadcasts in English and French, reported. Officials at the Iranian Agriculture Ministry had forecast a harvest of 9 million to 11 million tons this year, down from 16 million tons harvested last year. According to Iran’s Deputy Agriculture Minister Mohammad Reza Talai, the reduced rainfall has led to a significant drop in yields from parched fields in farms across the country. Talai, however, believes that higher yields could be achieved in Iran’s western and northwestern provinces, where wheat is harvested in late summer, due to more recent rainfall. The comments came after another deputy agriculture minister, Gholamreza Golmohammadi, said a week ago that Iran’s wheat harvest could fall to 8 million tons. Regardless of the size of the crop decline, Iran will need to import up to 6 million tons of wheat to meet growing domestic demand, spurred by ...

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