BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 24. The amount of wheat purchased from local farmers in Iran’s Qom Province under a guarantee since the beginning of the current wheat harvesting season in the country (started March 28, 2023), increased by 39 percent compared to the same period in the previous season, Director General of Iran’s Government Trading Corporation’s branch in Qom Province, Saeed Mohammadi said, Trend reports.
According to Mohammadi, a total of 13,900 tons of wheat were purchased from farmers in the province under a guarantee within the mentioned period.
The director general added that the guaranteed wheat purchasing in Iran’s Qom province will last until the end of the 6th month of the current Iranian year (September 23, 2023).
Reportedly, wheat was planted on 6,320 hectares of land in the Qom Province of Iran this season. In total, 20,500 tons of wheat are expected to be harvested in the province by the end of the current harvesting season.
Overall, 13 million tons of wheat are forecasted to be harvested in Iran for the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023, through March 19, 2024). Of that amount, 8-8.5 million tons are estimated to be purchased by Iranian Government Trading Corporation (GTC).
Meanwhile, last Iranian year (March 21, 2022, through March 20, 2023), about 11.5 million tons of wheat were harvested in the country, of which 7.5 million tons were purchased by the GTC.
Last year, the price of 1 kg of wheat was set up at 115,000 rials (about $2.74), while, 1 kg of wheat is set at 150,000 rials (about $3.57) for the current season.
In total, wheat was planted on 5.95 million hectares of land in Iran in the current season. Of this, 3.96 million hectares accounted for dry-farming land, while 1.99 million hectares for ordinary agricultural land.
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