[caption id="attachment_98960" align="alignright" width="198"] Data show Irans non-oil exports exceeded $8 billion in the first two months of the current Iranian year.[/caption]
Tehran, Dec 28, IRNA - Exports exceeded imports in the nine months ending Dec. 21, according to statistics released by Irans Customs Administration (ICA).
The statistics indicated that exports reached $35.145 billion while imports cost $38.462 billion.
Figures show a 17.72-percent growth in non-oil exports versus a 14.98-percent growth in imports.
The major non-oil export products shipped to China, Iraq, the UAE, Afghanistan and India were liquefied propane, methanol and butane.
Irans main imports were wheat, corn, rice, soybeans and internal-combustion engine vehicles.
The UAE, China, South Korea and Turkey were the main exporters to Iran during the nine-month period.
In September, Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri hailed the eye-catching increase in Irans non-oil exports. Jahangiri called on the countrys private sector to play a more active role in non-oil exports.