Iran’s Non-Oil Exports Hit 28.3 Billion Dollars in 7 Months

Iran exported 79.5 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $28.3 billion during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year, Mohammad Rezvanifar said.

He added that the 7-month non-oil exports indicate 29.32 percent rise in weight, and less than one percent drop in value, year on year.

The deputy Iranian finance minister further said that 20.9 million tons of non-oil goods worth $36 billion were imported to the country during the seven-month period of this year, with 6.21 percent growth in weight, and 12.61 percent rise in value, as compared to the same period last year.

He added that the country’s seven-month non-oil trade stands at 100.4 million tons worth $64.4 billion, with 23.71 percent rise in weight, and 6.2 percent increase in value, year on year.

Rezvanifar termed liquefied natural gas, liquefied propane and liquefied butane the main exported goods, saying that China, Iraq, the UAE, Turkey and India were the main destinations of Iran's non-oil exports during the first seven months of the present year.

He also mentioned corn as livestock food, mobile phones and soybeans as the main imported goods, noting that the UAE, China, Turkey, Germany and India were the main sources of non-oil imports of Iran in the past seven months.

During this period, the average customs value of each ton of exported goods went from $466 to $357, which shows a decrease of 23.43 percent, Rezvanifar said.

Spokesman of Trade Development Committee of the Iranian House of Industry, Mining, and Trade had earlier announced that the value of Iran’s non-oil export rose 10 percent in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20).

Rouhollah Latifi said that 122.056 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $53.166 billion were exported last year.

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