Iran's Ministry of Agriculture announced there are no plans to import wheat until March 2025

Published May 13, 2024

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Iran is planning to become self-sufficient in wheat by 2024 and has no plans to import the grain crop that year, as stated by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Alireza Mohajer. The country's wheat production reached 10.5 million tons from March 2023 to March 2024, while imports were reduced from 7 million tons to 1 million tons per year. The main issue in the country's agro-industrial sector is the reduction of agricultural land. Russia is the largest supplier of wheat to Iran, with annual imports ranging from 2.5 to 3 million tons.

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Iran can be self-sufficient in wheat and has no plans to import it in 2024 according to the Iranian calendar, which ends in March 2025. This statement was made by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Islamic Republic, Alireza Mohajer. "From March 2023 to March 2024 (one year according to the Iranian calendar - TASS note), the volume of wheat production in the country amounted to 10.5 million tons, the volume of wheat imports amounted to 1 million tons, but this year (ends in March 2025 - TASS note) we will fully provide for ourselves and will not import [this grain crop],” the ISNA agency quotes him as saying. Taking into account the data provided by the deputy head of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture, over two years Tehran has reduced the volume of wheat imports seven times - from 7 million tons to 1 million tons per year. Mohajer called the main problem of the country’s agro-industrial sector “the reduction of agricultural land” and added that the state would direct ...

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