# Iran (Islamic Republic of) Import Opportunities

Explore Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $49.2B
- Import CAGR: +2.2%
- Trade openness: 6.6%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $1.9B | +28.7% | 7 | 9990 |
| 2 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $3.1B | +12.5% | 19 | 2921 |
| 3 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $1.4B | +10.0% | 19 | 9286 |
| 4 | HS 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $1.9B | +23.5% | 7 | 2481 |
| 5 | HS 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $1.4B | +5.8% | 16 | 4834 |
| 6 | HS 870710 | Vehicles: bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles of heading no. 8703 | $996.0M | +33.0% | 25 | 3417 |
| 7 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $1.2B | +9.4% | 8 | 4081 |
| 8 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $1.7B | +5.9% | 13 | 2789 |
| 9 | HS 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $448.3M | +37.7% | 6 | 9232 |
| 10 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $609.2M | +18.2% | 9 | 3858 |
| 11 | HS 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $418.8M | +6.4% | 4 | 9792 |
| 12 | HS 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $754.4M | +4.4% | 13 | 3536 |
| 13 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $298.2M | +9.4% | 20 | 9339 |
| 14 | HS 080310 | Fruit, edible: plantains, fresh or dried | $257.8M | +13.6% | 12 | 7944 |
| 15 | HS 170113 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $376.4M | +9.2% | 6 | 4251 |
| 16 | HS 840734 | Engines: reciprocating piston engines, of a kind used for the propulsion of vehicles of chapter 87, of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000cc | $152.1M | +26.7% | 11 | 9955 |
| 17 | HS 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $232.1M | +8.0% | 9 | 8621 |
| 18 | HS 870840 | Vehicles: parts, gear boxes | $327.5M | +9.7% | 35 | 4284 |
| 19 | HS 540769 | Fabrics, woven: containing less than 85% by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $152.8M | +20.0% | 11 | 9199 |
| 20 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $126.2M | +27.5% | 2 | 9993 |
| 21 | HS 020410 | Meat: of sheep, lamb carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled | $144.5M | +94.6% | 10 | 7396 |
| 22 | HS 840140 | Nuclear reactors: parts thereof | $122.1M | +27.3% | 1 | 10000 |
| 23 | HS 120600 | Oil seeds: sunflower seeds, whether or not broken | $179.6M | +45.0% | 11 | 5286 |
| 24 | HS 090240 | Tea, black: (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a content exceeding 3kg | $342.5M | +8.9% | 15 | 3292 |
| 25 | HS 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $214.3M | +6.4% | 11 | 7393 |
| 26 | HS 847170 | Data processing machines: storage units | $174.8M | +12.0% | 19 | 7562 |
| 27 | HS 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $329.3M | +5.6% | 8 | 3850 |
| 28 | HS 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $199.8M | +7.8% | 8 | 6678 |
| 29 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $222.3M | +4.4% | 34 | 6129 |
| 30 | HS 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $258.7M | +10.6% | 29 | 3623 |
| 31 | HS 851761 | Base stations | $216.7M | +13.8% | 16 | 4942 |
| 32 | HS 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $126.1M | +15.0% | 6 | 8563 |
| 33 | HS 550130 | Fibres: synthetic filament tow, acrylic or modacrylic | $176.6M | +11.3% | 11 | 5512 |
| 34 | HS 720219 | Ferro-alloys: ferro-manganese, containing by weight 2% or less of carbon | $150.9M | +13.6% | 9 | 6482 |
| 35 | HS 841430 | Compressors: of a kind used in refrigerating equipment | $275.7M | +5.5% | 24 | 4285 |
| 36 | HS 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $141.1M | +10.8% | 15 | 8089 |
| 37 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $243.4M | +5.0% | 18 | 4556 |
| 38 | HS 071340 | Vegetables, leguminous: lentils, shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $145.2M | +17.9% | 11 | 5062 |
| 39 | HS 100390 | Cereals: barley, other than seed | $544.9M | +9.3% | 17 | 1575 |
| 40 | HS 940120 | Seats: of a kind used for motor vehicles | $85.1M | +20.4% | 12 | 9526 |
| 41 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $79.6M | +41.7% | 5 | 7733 |
| 42 | HS 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $347.9M | +1.2% | 7 | 2322 |
| 43 | HS 520100 | Cotton: not carded or combed | $217.7M | +34.5% | 16 | 1722 |
| 44 | HS 300212 | Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: antisera and other blood fractions | $249.6M | +6.0% | 26 | 2267 |
| 45 | HS 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $117.5M | +3.7% | 24 | 8238 |
| 46 | HS 854430 | Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | $117.6M | +17.7% | 22 | 5123 |
| 47 | HS 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $274.6M | +2.2% | 42 | 2255 |
| 48 | HS 870830 | Vehicle parts: brakes, servo-brakes and parts thereof | $146.3M | +9.5% | 35 | 3744 |
| 49 | HS 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $124.3M | +9.4% | 10 | 4666 |
| 50 | HS 080231 | Nuts, edible: walnuts, fresh or dried, in shell | $54.3M | +38.2% | 6 | 9795 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.