TEHRAN- The value of commodities exported from Sistan-Baluchestan province in the southeast of Iran stood at $972.245 million in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), a provincial official announced.

Mohmmad-Ali Khashi, an official with the customs department of the province, put the weight of exported goods at 2.832 million tons, with eight percent rise year on year.

Cement, clinker, travertine stone, coal coke, thermal coal, dates, gas, agricultural poison, tomatoes, washing powder, apple, plum, raisin, shrimp, agricultural products and foodstuff as the main exported items and Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Indonesia as the major export destinations.

The official further announced that 1.224 million tons of products worth $238.873 million were imported to the province in the first eight months of the present year, with 40 percent rise in value, while 26 percent fall in weight, as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

He named wheat, rice, cattle corn, cattle oats, mango, banana, sesame, potato, live livestock, cloth, tea, mats, automobile spare parts, light and heavy automobile tires, cooling devices, spices, and fish as the major imported items, and Russia, Pakistan, France, Germany, India, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, China, Thailand and Afghanistan as the main sources of imports.

As announced by the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the value of Iran’s non-oil export rose 4.44 percent during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year, as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

According to Morteza Emadi, Iran exported 70.402 million tons of goods valued at $32.368 billion in the said eight months, registering a 16-percent decline in weight.

Liquefied propane, methanol, liquefied butane, polyethylene, bitumen, urea, liquefied natural gas, iron and steel ingots, and light oils were the main exported products in the said time span.

Major export destinations of the Iranian non-oil goods were China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and India, according to the official.

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