Tasnim � Data released by the Chinese Customs Administration indicate that the value of China�s trade exchange with Iran in 2017 has increased by 19 percent compared to the previous year.

Figures show that trade turnover between Iran and China has stood at $37.18 billion in 2017, around 19 percent higher than 2016.

China's exports to Iran in the 12-month period reached $18.599 billion, up 13.3 percent on the corresponding period last year.

Figures also show that China has exported $2.065 billion worth of goods to Iran in December 2017, compared to $1.8 billion worth of exports in December 2016.

China has also imported $18.579 billion worth of goods from Iran in 2017, around 25 percent higher than 2016.

China�s exports to the Islamic Republic in the first half of 2017 also increased by 23 percent compared to the same period in 2016, amounting to $8.8 billion. In 2016, China�s imports from Iran had stood at $6.5 billion from January to July.

Back in January 2016, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Tehran and said, �We predict that the value of economic exchanges between Tehran and Beijing would rise to $600 billion within the next 10 years�.