INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- The value of export from Markazi province, in the center of Iran, rose 11 percent in the first three months of the current Iranian
calendar year (March 21-June 21), from the same period of time in the past year, according to a provincial official.Esmaeil Hosseini, the
the first quarter of this year, indicating also three percent rise in weight.The official said that the products were exported to 67
countries including Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Azerbaijan.He named heavy and light polyethylene, aluminum ingots, food and
beverages, plastic and disposable products, glass and crystal products, steel sections, tissues, tiles and ceramics as the major exported
products.Hosseini further announced that 35,545 tons of products valued at $134.764 million were imported to the province in the first
quarter of the present year, with 11 percent and eight percent growth in value and weight, respectively.He named the United Araba Emirates
(UAE), Turkey, China, Hong Gong, and Qatar as the main sources of imports and raw materials for the production of diapers, juice packs,
machines, components and parts, edible essence, edible raw materials, steel wire, aluminum coil and sanitary raw materials as the major
imported items.Markazi province is one of the major industrial and agricultural hubs of Iran.More than 2,800 production units are active in
Markazi province, of which 250 units are also active in the field of export.As previously announced by Ali Jodaki, the acting head of the
year 1400 (ended on March 20), from its preceding year.He said that over 917,000 tons of non-oil commodities worth $1.109 billion were
exported from the province in the previous year.He named petrochemical products, aluminum ingots, juices, chemicals, all kinds of glass,
casting products, polyester fibers, rebar, flowers and plants, heavy and light polyethylene, and polypropylene as the main products exported
from the province in the previous year, and Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates as the major export
destinations.The official further announced that 129,000 tons of products worth $446 million were imported into the province in the past
year.He named alumina powder, carbon anode, aluminum coil, peanuts, juice raw materials, aluminum ingots, steel pipes and rebars, juice
bags, and cotton as the major imported items, and China, Turkey, the UAE, India and Germany as the main sources of imports.As announced by
exported 27.7 million tons of non-oil commodities in the mentioned three months.Meanwhile, some 8.154 million tons of goods valued at
$12.464 billion were imported into the country in the said period to register an 18-percent rise in terms of value compared to the last
in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year, up 19.5 percent in terms of value, Moghadasi said.According to the official, the
$4.214 billion worth of imports from the Islamic Republic, followed by Iraq with $1.824 billion, Turkey with $1.737 billion, the United Arab
months were the UAE with $3.426 billion, China with $3.131 billion, Turkey with $1.273 billion, India with $512 million, and Germany with
$456 million worth of imports.MA/MA
