TEHRAN - Iranian tiles and ceramic producers are currently exporting 40 percent of their products to more than 50 countries in the world, the director of the Iranian Tile and Ceramics Manufacturers Union said.

Every year about 200 million square meters of ceramics and tiles are exported to other countries, Behnam Aziz-Zadeh said on the sidelines of the 29th Iran International Exhibition of Tiles, Ceramics and Sanitary Porcelain.

According to the official Iran is currently the fifth largest producer and exporter of tiles and ceramics in the world.

He said that more than 150 factories are currently producing tiles and ceramics in the country, creating some 450,000 direct and indirect jobs.

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