Export from Semnan province up 34% in 10 months yr/yr
TEHRAN- As announced by the director-general of Semnan province’s Customs Department, exports from this province increased by 34 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 time in the past year.
Morteza Hajian-Nejad also said that the province’s customs income rose by 88 percent in the ten-month period, year on year.
As previously announced by the official, the value of exports from Semnan province increased by 19 percent in the past Iranian calendar year 1401 (ended on March 20, 2023).
Hajian-Nejad said that commodities worth $120 million were exported from Semnan province in the previous year.
He named Afghanistan, Russia, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the major export destinations, and wire and cable, detergent, plastic containers, sodium hydroxide, evaporative cooler, wool, and light hydrocarbon as the main exported items.
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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