TEHRAN- Iran traded 1.86 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $672.26 million with the African countries during the first 10 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (March 21, 2018-January 20, 2019), Eghtesadonline reported on Monday.

The figures registered a 16.48-percent decline in terms of weight and a 22.55-percent drop in terms of value in comparison with the same time in the preceding year.
Semi-finished non-alloy iron or steel products, bitumen, liquefied butane and billets were the major products exported to the member states of Africa in the said time.
The country imported pod vegetables, aluminum oxide and sesame seeds, the same report confirmed.
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