TEHRAN – As announced by a provincial official, the value of export from Markazi province in the center of Iran rose 63 percent during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-July 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

Rouhollah Gholami, the director-general of the province’s Customs Department, said that products worth over $465 million were exported from the province in the four-month period.

He also announced that the exported products indicate a 30-percent growth in terms of weight, year on year.

The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) has said that in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year, the country exported $17.5 billion non-oil goods, registering an 8.0 percent growth, year on year.

Mohammad Rezvanifar put the total value of the country’s non-oil trade in the mentioned four months at $36 billion, IRIB reported.

According to the official, Iran imported $18.5 billion worth of non-oil products, about 6.0 percent less than the figure for the previous year’s corresponding period.

The country’s trade balance was $1.0 billion negative in the mentioned four months, indicating a significant decline compared to the previous year’s same period.

In the first four months of the previous Iranian year, the country’s export of non-oil goods stood at nearly $16 billion, while the imports during this period were about $19.5 billion. The trade balance of the country was negative $2.5 billion during this period.

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