The Statistical Center of Iran has released a new report on inflation in the first month of the year 1404 (started March 20). According to the latest data, the annualized inflation for the month under review (Bahman) increased to 33.2%. 

In terms of year-on-year CPI rise, “food and beverages“  with 42.7%  saw the highest among 12 groups of goods and services; followed by ”health services” with 40.8% and “housing incl. water, gas, elec­trici­ty, etc.’” with 37.9 saw the highest among 12 groups of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index was reported at 328.1 indicating a 38.9% rise compared to the same month of the year before.

Iran’s non-oil trade stood at $130.219 billion during the year 1403 (March 20-March 20), according to the data released by the Isla­mic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), that is 11% more than in the year before.

The export volume of non-oil goods (excluding crude oil, fuel oil and kerosene and also without con­sidering exports of luggage trade) in the year 1403 valued at $57.844 billi­on, while the im­ports valued at $72.375 billion in the first eleven months of this year. During the mentioned pe­ri­od, the exports improved by 16 percent in terms of value and the imports improved by 8 percent, as compared to the year 1402. 

China (14,854 Million US-Dollar), Iraq (11,941 Million US-Dollar), the United Arab Emirates UAE (7,201 Mil­­lion US-Dollar), Turkey (6,889 Million US-Dollar) and Pakistan (2,423 Million US-Dollar) were the top five export desti­na­ti­ons of Iranian non-oil goods in the first eleven month of the year 1403.

The UAE (21,981 Million US-Dollar), China (19,325 Million US-Dollar), Turkey (12,474 Million US-Dol­lar), Germany (2,430 million US-Dollar and India (1,747 Million US-Dollar) were the top five sources of im­port.

The transit volume reached 21,913 million tons, 22% more than in the previous year.

Eurostat: EU27-Iran foreign trade in the first two month of the year 2025 generated 703 million Euro (-17%). The 27 EU coun­tries ex­por­ted goods worth € 583 million Euro (-17%) to Iran and impor­ted goods worth 120 mil­lion Euro (-17%). Ger­­many was the most important EU trade partner of Iran, with a trade volume of 242 mil­lion Euro, followed the Ne­therlands (92 mil­li­on Euro) and Italy (91 million Euro).

The European Union (EU27) export of goods to Iran from January to February of the year 2025 stood at 583 mil­­lion Euro, that is 17% less compared to the first two month of the year 2024. Accor­ding to the latest data by Eurostat, the sta­­tis­tical office of the European Uni­on, 36% of the EU exports to Iran came from Germany that de­livered goods worth 208 million Euro, that was 14% less than in the first tow month of year 2024. Second (14%) were the Netherlands with exports worth 84 million Euro (+7%) fol­lowed by Italy (74 million Euro, -15%), France  (47 million Euro, -7%) and  Belgium (45 million Euro, +7%).

From January to February 2025 the 27 EU countries imported goods worth 120 million Euro from Iran (-17%). Most of the Ira­nian exports to the European Union (28%) went to Germany, which im­ported goods worth 34 million Euro from Iran (-13%) followed by Spain (21 million Euro, +29%) and Italy with (17 million Euro, -57%). 

In den ersten zwei Monaten des Jahres 2025 erreichte der deutsch-iranische Außenhandel einen Wert von 244  Millionen Euro und lag damit im Vergleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum 14% niedriger. Deutsch­land lieferte Waren im Wert von 208 Millionen Euro (-14%); die iranischen Liefe­run­gen nach Deutschland fielen ebenfalls um 14% auf einen Wert von 36 Mio. Euro.  

Nach Angaben des Statistischen Bundesamtes