TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s non-oil trade hit over $62.4 billion in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Decemebr 21).

The country exported about $32 billion of non-oil goods in the nine-month period, while imported $30.411 billion of non-oil products, the Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.         

Petrochemicals and raw materials were the main goods exported; China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, India and Afghanistan were the top five importers of goods from Iran.   

Meanwhile, China, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Turkey and Switzerland were the top five exporters of goods to Iran. 
  
Iran has set a target of $77.5 billion in non-oil exports for the current Iranian calendar year, according to Mojtaba Khosrotaj, the Iranian deputy industry, mining, and trade minister.     

Iran’s total non-oil exports hit $49.744 billion in the previous Iranian calendar year, showing 18.87 percent rise from $41.848 billion in its preceding year.      

The country’s non-oil imports reached $52.477 billion in the past year, with 5.57 percent growth compared to the year before.  
 
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