TEHRAN – As announced by a provincial official, the value of export from Hamedan province rose 10 percent in the past Iranian calendar year 1402 (ended on March 19), as compared to its previous year.

Rahim Mortezaei, the head of Hamedan Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, said that commodities worth $1.135 billion were exported from the province in the past year.

As previously announced by the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the country’s non-oil exports, excluding exports of electricity, crude oil, and techno-engineering services, stood at 136.4 million tons worth $49.33 billion in the past year, which shows a 9.82 percent rise in terms of tonnage and an 8.87 percent decline in terms of value.

According to Mohammad Rezvanifar, Iran exported $35.87 billion of crude oil, $370 million of electricity, and $1.293 billion of technical engineering services in the mentioned year.

Based on IRICA data, during this period, 48.8 million tons of petrochemical products worth $19.4 billion were also exported, which shows a decrease of 11.32 percent and 28.59 percent in terms of weight and value, respectively.

During this period, liquefied natural gas with $3.9 billion, liquefied propane with $3.62 billion, and bitumen-oil with $2.19 billion were Iran’s top exported items.

Iran's top export destination during this period was China with $13.915 billion worth of imports from the Islamic Republic, followed by Iraq with $9.215 billion, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with over $6.611 billion, Turkey with $4.16 billion, and India with $2.17 billion.

The official put the average customs value of each ton of exported goods at $362 which has decreased by 17 percent compared to the preceding year.

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