TEHRAN- As announced by a provincial official, non-oil goods worth about $238 million were exported from Zanjan province during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22).

Mohammadreza Naderi, the director-general of the province’s finance and economic affairs department, said that the seven-month export indicates 32 percent fall, year on year.

The official named Turkey, Iraq and Russia as the main export destinations of the province’s products during the mentioned seven-month period.

As previously announced by the head of the province’s Industry, Mining and Trade Department, commodities valued at $579 million were exported from Zanjan province in the past Iranian calendar year 1401 (ended on March 20).

Saying that six countries were added to the export destinations of the province, Majid Golshani said that currently, the main export target countries of the province are Turkey, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan, India, Azerbaijan, Oman, South Africa, Russia, and Spain.

He named zinc ingots, transformers and accessories, rebars, steel ingots, copper wire, zinc concentrate, cardboard, lead ingots, and dairy products as the main exported items.

The official further announced that commodities worth $504 million were imported to the province in the previous year, and named Turkey, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Slovakia, Singapore, Italy, China, Hong Kong, and Spain as the main sources of imports.

He listed wood pulp, recycled paper and cardboard, tobacco, polyamide and plastic tape, production line machines, polyamide thread and polyester thread as the major imported items.

As announced by the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Iran exported 79.5 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $28.3 billion during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year.

Mohammad Rezvani-Far said that the 7-month non-oil export indicates a 29.32 percent rise in weight, and less than one percent drop in value, year on year.

The official further announced that 20.9 million tons of non-oil goods worth $36 billion were imported to the country during the seven-month period of this year, with 6.21 percent growth in weight, and a 12.61 percent rise in value, as compared to the same period of time in the previous year.

Rezvani-Far, who is also the deputy minister of finance and economic affairs, went on to say that the country’s seven-month non-oil trade stands at 100.4 million tons worth $64.4 billion, with 23.71 percent rise in weight, and 6.2 percent increase in value, year on year.

He named liquefied natural gas, liquefied propane, and liquefied butane as the main exported goods, and China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and India as the main destinations of Iran's non-oil exports during the first seven months of the present year.

The IRICA head also mentioned corn as livestock food, mobile phones, and soybeans as the main imported goods and the United Arab Emirates, China, Turkey, Germany, and India as the main sources of non-oil imports of Iran in the said seven months.

During this period, the average customs value of each ton of exported goods went from $466 to $357, which shows a decrease of 23.43 percent, according to Rezvani-Far.

It should be mentioned that due to the decrease in global prices of some export goods, including petrochemical products, the country's non-oil export has faced a decrease in value despite the increase in weight.

The official also said that the average customs value of each ton of imported goods was $1,721, which has grown by 6.03 percent compared to $1,624 in the first seven months of the last year.

MA