TEHRAN- The value of export from Ardebil province, in the northwest of Iran, rose 17 percent during the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023-January 20, 2024), as compared to the same period of month in the past year, according to a provincial official.

Yaser Abdollahi Abed, the deputy governor-general of the province for economic affairs coordination, said that 211,000 tons of goods worth $96 million were exported from the province in the first ten months of the present year, indicating also 19 percent growth in terms of weight, year on year.

He named Russia, Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan as the major destinations of the goods exported from the province in the mentioned ten-month period.

As previously announced by the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Iran exported 113 million tons of non-oil goods valued at $40.5 billion during the first 10 months of the present year.

Mohammad Rezvani-Far said that the 10-month non-oil export indicates a nine percent growth in weight, but an 11 percent fall in value, year on year, IRIB reported.

The official also said the country exported $29.9 billion of crude oil in the mentioned 10 months, registering a 10-percent rise, year on year.

Rezvani-Far further announced that Iran has imported 32.7 million tons of goods worth $54.8 billion in the first 10 months of the present year, which indicates an 11.6 percent rise in value and six percent growth in weight.

He named China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and India as the major export destinations of Iranian goods in the said period, and the UAE, China, Turkey, Germany, and India as the main sources of import.

Gold, car parts and accessories, and smartphones were the main imported items during this period, according to the official.

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