Iran has exported 69.33 million tons of non-oil goods worth some 33.92 billion in a 12-month period.
Compared to the same time span previous year, the amount shows 9 and 12 per cent increase in terms of value and volume, respectively, the IRIB News Agency reported.

Iran also imported 41.60 million tons of goods worth 57.10 billion in the mentioned period.

Iran's imports face 7 per cent decrease in terms of value, while showed 10 per cent rise in terms of volume.

ISNA News Agency reported on January 25 that Iran has exported over 34.5 billion worth of non-oil goods just in the first ten months of the current Iranian Calendar year, which began March 20, 2012, showing 2.5 percent decrease compared to the same period previous year.

Iran also imported 43.7 billion worth of goods in the mentioned period, marking overall trade value of 78.2 billion, the report said.

Iran imports also faced 12.5 percent decrease in comparison to the same time span last year.

Iran's overall trade volume in the first nine months of the year had stood at 73 billion dollars. Exports accounted for 32 billion of the mentioned amount.

Iraq, China, the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, and India were the top importers of Iranian goods during the period, while the United Arab Emirates, China, Turkey, South Korea, and Switzerland were the leading exporters of goods to Iran.

The head of Central Bank of Iran said last month that Iran's exports doubled in the past few months.

On the contrary, imports have faced sharp decrease due to the high price of foreign currencies, he IRNA News Agency quoted Mahmoud Bahmani as saying.

Iran plans to exports 51 million worth of non-oil goods and technical and engineering services by the end of current year (March 19 .(

Iran exported 43.7 billion worth of non-oil goods last year and imported 61.8 billion worth of goods, to hit the unprecedented mark of 105 billion in annual trade.

Iran also earned 4 million last year by exporting technical and engineering services to over 60 countries.

At the beginning of 2012, the United States and the European Union imposed new sanctions on Iran's oil and financial sectors with the goal of preventing other countries from purchasing Iranian oil and conducting transactions with the Iranian Central Bank.

U.S. sanctions entered into force on June 28, while EU bans on Iranian oil imports came into force on July 1.

In October, the EU approved another major package of economic sanctions on Iran.

By MENAFN

 

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