TEHRAN – The value of trade between Iran and China registered a 24 percent rise in the first eight month of 2017 to exceed $24 billion, Tasnim news agency reported.

According to China’s customs administration, the two countries’ trade turnover for the first eight months of 2016 stood at $19.5 billion while the figure was reported to reach $24.17 billion in the same time period in 2017.

Most of the increase is due to the jump in China exports to Iran.

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