TEHRAN- The value of export from South Khorasan province, in the east of Iran, increased by 50 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, according to a provincial official.

Mohammad Kouhgerd, the director-general of the province’s Customs Department, announced that non-oil commodities worth $537 million were exported from the province in the ten-month period.

The production units of the province have exported goods worth $151 million to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Armenia and Kazakhstan, which has increased by 82 percent compared to ten months of last year, the official added.

The director-general of the province’s Customs Department further named cement, named tiles, plastic products, and hydrocarbon products as the major items exported by the production units of the province during the first ten months of the present Iranian calendar year.

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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