TEHRAN – Non-oil commodities valued at $1.542 billion were exported from East Azarbaijan province, in the northwest of Iran, in the past Iranian calendar year 1402 (ended on March 19), a provincial official announced.

Mohammad-Jafar Ozmaei, the director-general of the province’s Industry, Mining and Trade Department, said that East Azarbaijan was among the top provinces of the country in terms of non-oil export in the previous 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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