Export from Isfahan province rises 62 percent in 11 months yr/yr

March 14, 2022 - 10:5

TEHRAN – The value of export from Isfahan province rose 62 percent during the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2021-February 19, 2022), from the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced.

Rasoul Kouhestani, the director-general of the province’s customs department, said that 1.944 million tons of commodities worth $1.216 billion were exported from the province in the 11-month period, also indicating 14 percent growth in terms of weight.

He named Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, and Armenia as the major export destinations of the province’s products, in a row, during the first 11 months of this year.

As previously announced by the deputy head of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the value of Iran’s non-oil trade rose 38 percent during the first 11 months of the current year.

Foroud Asgari said that Iran traded over 149.4 million tons of non-oil products worth $90 billion with other countries in the mentioned period.

He noted that the weight of trade in the mentioned period also grew by 12 percent in comparison to the figure for the previous year’s same 11 months.

The official put the 11-month non-oil exports at 112.658 million tons valued at $43.517 billion, with a 40-percent rise in value and 10 percent growth in weight.

The Islamic Republic imported 36.777 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $46.577 billion in the first 11 months of the present year, with a 36 percent growth in value and a 19 percent rise in weight year on year, according to the official.

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