TEHRAN- Italy was the first trade partner of Iran among the European Union member states, during the first three months of 2017, European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat announced.

According to Eurostat, the volume of trade between Iran and Italy in the said period hit €1.2 billion, with €800 million pertaining to Iran's exports to Italy and €400 million to its imports from the country.

Italy was the first trade partner of Iran while France and Germany came as the second and third.

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