Iran’s €2 billion debt to private sector for feed imports

In the past year, problems with order registration quotas have disrupted the regulation of the input market, which is currently evident in the shortage of inputs in the market. Unfortunately, companies that had the ability and capacity to import were generally allocated small quotas, and many received input order registrations that never led to the delivery of goods, and even punitive orders applied to the system did not result in the import of goods.

In the first 5 months of 1404 (April to August, 2025), out of the 1,241,603 tons of imported barley, about 564,360 tons were imported from southern ports and 677,242 tons from northern ports, which is a significant increase in imports from southern ports compared to last year. Also, out of the 824,722 tons of imported barley in the first 5 months of 1403 (April to August, 2024), 184,494 tons were imported from southern ports and 640,277 tons from northern ports, which is a significant change in barley imports from southern ports this year, which is due to payments through Halkbank.

Also, in the first 5 months of 1404 (April to August, 2025), corn imports amounted to 3,981,557 tons, of which 3,591,269 tons entered the country from southern ports and 390,286 tons from northern ports. Compared to last year, out of 4,548,651 tons imported, 2,780,161 tons were from southern ports and 1,768,497 tons were from northern ports. The reason for the increase in imports from the north is the lack of corn in Brazil due to the harvest season and the cost savings of imports from Russia compared to Brazil, which will start buying from Brazil again next month.