Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug.6/ Trend R.Zamanov
More than 153 ton of goods worth $63.068 million were exported from Iran's southern Fars province in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year, the head of Fars province Customs Administration said on Tuesday.
"The figures show 528 and 37 percent increase in terms of weight and value respectively, compared to the same period of time previous year," the IRNA News Agency quoted Sakineh Sayahi as saying.
She went on to note that 30 countries including Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Germany, Qatar, Kuwait, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Lebanon were the destinations for the exported goods.
"Cement, industrial goods, tomato paste, carpet, ceramic and tiles, and dates were the main exported items," she said.
Iran's foreign trade was around $25.445 billion in the first four months of the current year, which started March 21.
According to Iran Customs Administration, the country's exports accounted for 12.536 billion dollars of the mentioned amount.
Iran's non-oil exports faced 5.18 percent increase during the mentioned period, compared to the same period of time previous year.
It is while the country's imports decreased by 26.27 percent.
During the mentioned period, Iran exported 25.679 million tons of non-oil goods (including gas condensates) and imported 9.122 million tons of goods.
Iran had non-oil trade with 196 countries in the previous year.
The country's balance of trade with 97 countries such the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, and China was negative in the mentioned period, the ISNA News Agency reported on March 6.
Tehran's balance was also positive with 99 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, India, Turkmenistan, and Pakistan.
The balance of trade, or net exports, is the difference between the monetary value of exports and imports of output in an economy over a certain period. It is the relationship between a nation's imports and exports.
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