Iran commemorates October 22 as National Export Day in a bid to honor domestic top exporters and examine avenues of further bolstering exports, particularly in the non-oil sector.
Every year, the process of registration and evaluation of the top exporters is started a few months before the Day.
One part of this evaluation includes self-declaration and another part includes the statistics regarding the companies’ export performance.
Hundreds of export companies from different product and service groups are assessed to select distinguished exporters, and the finalists are announced at the National Export Day ceremony.
At the ceremony, some exemplary exporters are rewarded with Export Honorary Medals, and some exporters are recognized as “excellent”, “national” and “good”.
Promoting the culture of export among the varied strata of people, and honoring local businessmen are among the objectives pursued on this occasion.
The Day is regarded as an opportunity to exchange ideas, identify obstacles on the path of export, and examine solutions in this regard.
The head of the Iranian customs office (IRICA) Mohammad Rezvanifar put the country’s foreign trade value in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to September 22) at about $54.6 billion.
It registered a 4.84 percent growth compared to the same period last year, Rezvanifar stated.
According to him, 68 million tons of non-oil goods, valued at $24.1 billion, were exported overseas from March 21 to September 22, 2023, showing a 29 percent increase in weight and a 2.6 percent decline in value compared to last year’s corresponding period.
Kermanshah in western Iran shares around 371 kilometers of borders with Iraq’s central government as well as the Kurdistan Region.
With six official border crossings and markets, the province accounts for almost half of Iran’s annual non-oil exports to Iraq.
Exports of goods from Kermanshah’s customs have hit over $1.4 billion of goods in the first six months of the current fiscal (March 21-September 22), according to the Head of the Kermanshah Province Customs Supervision Department.
Ali Asghar Abbaszadeh added that $1,425,896,227 of goods with a weight value of 3,564,281 tons were exported from the province, showing an increase of 13% in weight and 9% in value compared to the same period in the last year.
Iran exports pharmaceuticals to 40 countries
Heidar Mohammadi, the head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration, hailed the country’s progress in the fields of medical science and pharmaceutical industry, pointing to the export of Iranian-developed medicines to 40 countries across the world.
The health official added that a threefold increase in the export of Iranian pharmaceuticals bespeaks the country’s good interaction with the neighboring countries.
Export of agricultural products increased by 10% in the first 5 months of this year (March 21-August 21, 2023), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) reported.
A total of 2,169 million tons of agricultural products worth 1.62 billion were exported to other countries in the said period.
During that period, the exports of agricultural products decreased by 7.7% in weight but increased by 10.14% in value.
