Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.24/ Trend F.Milad/
Iran's revenue from non-oil exports can account for 80 percent of its imports, so the country does not need to rely on oil exports for importing needed goods, Iranian Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari said on Sunday.
Currently, some 70 per cent of exporters foreign exchange revenues is being used for imports, the IRNA News Agency quoted Ghazanfari as saying.
It is while in previous year the figure used to stand at around 40-45 per cent.
Iran exported 70.82 million tons of non-oil goods (including gas condensate) worth over $37.69 billion in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 20, 2012.
Iran's overall trade value surpassed $86 billion in the mentioned period.
Petrochemicals accounted for $8.495 billion of the mentioned amount.
Iran with $5.96 billion, China with $4.82 billion, the United Arab Emirates with $3.91 billion , Afghanistan with $2.5 billion , and India with $2.6 billion were the main destination markets for Iranian goods in the 11-month period.
Tehran also imported 35.873 million tons of goods worth $48.387 billion in the mentioned period.
The amount shows a 6.8-percent growth in terms of volume and a 8.11-percent decrease in terms of value.
Wheat, iron and steel were the main imported items.
The United Arab Emirates with $9.75 billion, China with $7.16 billion , South Korea with $4.45 billion , Turkey with $4.18 billion , and Switzerland with $3.46 billion were the main exporters of goods to Iran.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on February 23 that the country's non-oil exports slightly increased this year despite Western sanctions against the country.
The proposed budget for the next Iranian calendar year will greatly reduce the country's reliance on oil revenues, Ahmadinejad said.
Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, Kioumars Fathollah Kermanshahi said on Saturday that Iran's non-oil exports will reach $59 billion in the next Iranian calendar year, which begins on March 20.
