Financial Tribune - Trade between Iran and EU member states during the first half of 2019 stood at �2.56 billion to register a 76.01% plunge compared with last year�s corresponding period.

Germany, Italy and the Netherlands were Iran�s top three trading partners in the European bloc with bilateral exchanges standing at �777.32 million, �451.63 million and �260.82 million respectively.

Iran�s trade with Latvia (�1.63 million), Germany (�777.32 million) and Romania (77.18 million) increased by 475%, 278% and 177% respectively year-on-year, which were the highest among EU states.

Trade with Malta (�147,233), Slovakia (�2.36 million), Greece (�21.63 million), Portugal (�6.14 million) and Finland (�16.32 million) saw the sharpest declines of 99.96%, 99.04%, 97.79%, 96.85% and 96.45% respectively.