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Iran Economy 1996
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Agriculture:
accounts for about 20% of GDP; principal products - wheat, rice, other
grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton, dairy products, wool, caviar; not
self-sufficient in food
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Illicit drugs:
illicit producer of opium poppy for the domestic and international drug
trade; produced 35-70 metric tons in 1993; net opiate importer but also a
key transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin to Europe
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Economic aid:
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recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-80), $1 billion; Western (non-US)
countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.675 billion;
Communist countries (1970-89), $976 million
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note:
aid fell sharply following the 1979 revolution
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Currency:
10 Iranian rials (IR) = 1 toman; note - domestic figures are generally
referred to in terms of the toman
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Exchange rates:
Iranian rials (IR) per US$1 - 1,749.04 (January 1995), 1,748.75 (1994),
1,267.77 (1993), 65.552 (1992), 67.505 (1991); black market rate: 3,000
rials per US$1 (December 1994)
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Fiscal year:
21 March - 20 March
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