TEHRAN, Iran, September 3. Iran's Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Fatemi Amin said that the country's foreign trade is now less dependent on oil exports, Trend reports citing IRNA.
Non oil exports in Iran reached $48 Million in 2021 from $35 million in 2020, he said noting that the country's non-oil exports grew by 40 percent in the first four months of the current Iranian year)started March 21).
According to the minister, during the past year, the country's steel and aluminum production has increased by 5 and 15 percent respectively.
He stressed that the production of car, home appliances, glassware, and copper has been on the rise as well.
"Since the beginning of the current year, the country's exports to African countries have grown by 100 percent and to Russia by 35 percent," Fatemi Amin said.
The vehicle production has increased by 300 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian year, compared to the same period last year.