TEHRAN – Iran’s non-oil exports to Iraq rose by 23 percent in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20- July 21, 2016), Iran’s ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Danayeefar was quoted by IRNA on Saturday.

Iran exported some $2.460 billion worth of goods to Iraq during the mentioned period which rose by $494 million compared to the $1.966 billion of the same period last year.

Also Ebrahim Rezazadeh, Iranian commercial attaché to Iraq, said that the country’s total non-oil exports to Iraq stood at $6.2 billion last year, which makes the country Iraq’s third business partner after China and Turkey.

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