Iran’s 5-month non-oil exports increase 21%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
(IRICA) announced.According to Alireza Moghadasi, Iran exported 44 million tons of non-oil commodities in the mentioned five months which
he said.The weight of the imported goods declined by 8.5 percent, year on year, the official added.In total, the Islamic Republic traded
about 58 million tons of non-oil goods worth $42.589 billion with its trade partners in the first five months of the current Iranian
calendar year, up about 23 percent in terms of value.Iran's top export destinations during this period were China, Iraq, United Arab
Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and India, according to Moghadasi.Liquid propane, methanol, liquefied natural gas, polyethylene, iron, and steel
billion in the past year.He said that Iran exported 122 million tons of non-oil products worth $48 billion in the previous year, which was
$14 billion (41 percent) more than the figure for the preceding year.The country's non-oil trade record in 1400 was reached while the
toughest sanctions were imposed on Iran, but thanks to God and the efforts of entrepreneurs, producers, and the cooperation of foreign
trade-related organizations, a historical record was achieved in the past year which was unprecedented in recent decades, the official has
underlined.EF/MA