TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s non-oil export to Afghanistan increased 31 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, Iran’s commercial attaché to Afghanistan stated.

Hossein Roustaei said that the country has exported products worth $1.7 billion to its neighbor during the six-month period.

He put the weight of exported goods at 2.523 million tons, with 28 percent growth, year on year.

Roustaei further announced that Iran has imported products worth over $33 million from Afghanistan in the first half of the present year, rising 192 percent from the figure in the same period of time in the previous year.

He also said that the six-month import rose 598 percent in terms of weight year on year.

As previously announced by the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the value of Iran’s non-oil export to its 15 neighboring countries increased by 12 percent during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year, compared to the same period in the past year.

Mohammad Rezvanifar said the country exported 39 million tons of non-oil products valued at $15.6 billion during the first six months of this year, registering four percent growth in weight year on year.

Iran's total non-oil trade with neighboring countries was 50 million tons worth $32.6 billion in the mentioned six months.

According to Rezvanifar, the Islamic Republic’s non-oil trade with neighboring countries increased by five percent in terms of weight and 15 percent in terms of value in H1 compared to the same period last year.

The country’s imports from its neighbors in the said six months also showed an eight percent increase in weight and 18 percent in value compared to the first half of the previous year.

The United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, and the Russian Federation were the main trade partners of Iran among the neighboring countries in the mentioned six months, according to the IRICA head.

Iran shares land or water borders with 15 countries namely UAE, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Saudi Arabia.

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