TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s exports of agricultural and foodstuff products increased by 22 percent in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023-January 20, 2024), the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade said.

According to Ruhollah Latifi, Iranian producers managed to export over 6.775 million tons of the mentioned products worth more than $4.873 billion in the said 10 months, also registering an 8.4 percent rise in terms of weight, IRIB reported.

As reported, of the total exports, 4.944 million tons with a value of $2.93 billion were crops, vegetables, and horticulture products, 1.133 million tons worth $931.96 million were processed food products, and the rest were fishery, livestock, and dairy products.

Dairy products with $561.4 million of exports, pistachios with $478.7 million, tomatoes with $255.4 million, apples with $248.7 million and fishery products with $244.9 million were the top five food and agricultural products exported in the mentioned 10 months.

According to the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Iran exported 113 million tons of non-oil goods valued at $40.5 billion during the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year.

Mohammad Rezvani-Far said earlier this month that the 10-month non-oil export indicates a nine percent growth in weight, but an 11 percent fall in value, year on year.

The official further announced that Iran has imported 32.7 million tons of goods worth $54.8 billion in the first 10 months of the present year, which indicates an 11.6 percent rise in value and six percent growth in weight.

He named China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and India as the major export destinations of Iranian goods in the said period, and the UAE, China, Turkey, Germany, and India as the main sources of import.

Gold, car parts and accessories, and smartphones were the main imported items during this period, according to the official.

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