The value of export from Fars province, in the south of Iran, rose 23 percent in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hamidreza Izadi, the head of the province\u2019s Industry, Mining and Trade Department, said that 1.4 million tons of commodities worth $1.5 billion were exported from the province in the eight-month period, indicating also a 37 percent rise in terms of weight year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As previously announced by the official, the value of export from Fars province rose 92 percent in the past Iranian calendar year 1400 (ended on March 20), from its preceding year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Izadi said that commodities worth about $424 million were exported from the province in the past year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As announced by the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the value of Iran\u2019s non-oil export rose 4.44 percent during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year, as compared to the same period of time in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Morteza Emadi, Iran exported 70.402 million tons of goods valued at $32.368 billion in the said eight months, registering a 16-percent decline in weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liquefied propane, methanol, liquefied butane, polyethylene, bitumen, urea, liquefied natural gas, iron and steel ingots, and light oils were the main exported products in the said time span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Major export destinations of the Iranian non-oil goods were China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and India, according to the official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Islamic Republic has also imported 23.405 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $37.116 billion in the first eight months of the present year, with a 15.25-percent growth in value and a 12.44-percent decrease in weight, year on year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first five items of goods imported into the country in the said period include corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, sunflower seed oil, cell phones, flour and unrefined sugar, according to Emadi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United Arab Emirates was the top exporter to Iran in the mentioned eight months, followed by China, Turkey, India, and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reportedly, the value of Iran\u2019s non-oil trade rose 10 percent during the mentioned period, as compared to the same eight months in the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iran traded 93.807 million tons of non-oil products worth $69.484 billion with other countries in the mentioned period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The value of export from Fars province, in the south of Iran, rose 23 percent in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced. Hamidreza Izadi, the head of the province\u2019s Industry, Mining and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n