He said the Iranian crude import target for the next financial year starting in April is 13 million tons.

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Food companies are the latest target: Pedro Malan, the finance minister, has threatened to cut import barriers if food prices continue to rise.

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In the first three quarters of the year, exports grew by 7.4 percent year over year and imports by 4.8 percent, considerably short of the 10 percent target but comparable with Barclays forecasts of 5.7 percent export growth and 5.4 percent import growth.

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