BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 3. Loans issued by Iran's banking system increased by 61.4 percent in the first month of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through April 20, 2025) compared to the same period in the previous year (from March 20 through April 19, 2024).
Data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank of Iran highlights that banks and financial institutions in Iran issued loans totaling approximately 3.31 quadrillion rials (about $6.09 billion) across various sectors during the first month of the current Iranian year. This marks a significant increase from the same period last year, when lending stood at about 2.05 quadrillion rials (about $3.77 billion).
The industrial and mining sectors received the largest share of these loans, amounting to about 1.56 quadrillion rials (about $2.87 billion).
The services sector followed with loans totaling 1.15 quadrillion rials (about $2.12 billion). Notably, around 366 trillion rials (about $673 million) in loans were issued to Iran’s trade sector during the reporting period.
In the agricultural sector, lending totaled about 122 trillion rials (about $225 million), while the housing and construction sector received around 111 trillion rials (about $203 million) in loans.
The data shows that various unspecified sectors accounted for a combined total of 225 billion rials (about $413,000) in credit.
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