Uruguay has offered to export rice to Iran in exchange for crude oil amid sanctions against the Persian Gulf country which limit financial transactions, Fars reported, citing Uruguay’s Agriculture Minister Tabare Aguerre.

Iran, one of the largest consumers of Uruguayan rice, imported about 90,000 tons of the commodity in 2011, the state- run news agency said.

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