Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 16 / Trend F.Milad/
Iran exported $380 million worth of handmade carpets in the first nine months of the current calendar year, which began on March 21, National Carpet Center head Feysal Merdasi said, IRNA news agency reported
"The exports amounted to 4,800 tons in weight," he added.
"The UAE and Germany were the main destinations for the Persian carpets, followed by Japan, Lebanon, and Qatar," Merdasi said.
He predicted that Iran's handmade carpet exports in the current Iranian calendar year would hit $600 million.
Iran exported $556 million worth of handmade carpets in the previous calendar year. The export has been going up by approximately 12 percent, year after year.
The amount showed some 4 percent increase in terms of weight in comparison to its preceding year.