BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 3. In total, 826,000 tons of non-oil products worth $1.44 billion were exported through the customs of Iran’s Tehran Province for the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), Chairman of Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of Tehran Province Mahmoud Sijani said, Trend reports citing IRNA.
The chairman said that the value of non-oil exports via Tehran Province’s customs increased by 19 percent compared to the preceding year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022).
He added that the goods were mainly exported to Iraq, Türkiye, Pakistan, Germany and Afghanistan.
“Furthermore, 537,000 tons of goods worth $11 billion were imported through the customs of Tehran Province in the last Iranian year, which is a decrease of 13 percent compared to the preceding year,” Sijani noted.
According to him, the goods were mainly imported from the UAE, China, Türkiye, Germany and Switzerland.
Overall, Iran exported more than 122 million tons of non-oil products worth approximately $53.2 billion over the last Iranian year, which increased by 10 percent in value, while it did not change in volume compared to the preceding year.
At the same time, Iran imported a total of 37.1 million tons of goods worth approximately $59.7 billion for the last Iranian year, which is an increase of 13 percent in volume, while a decrease of 10 percent in volume compared to the preceding year.
Meanwhile, Iran's total non-oil trade turnover amounted to over 159 million tons worth approximately $113 billion. The trade turnover increased by 11.2 percent in value compared to the preceding year.
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