MNA � After a six-month period since the implementation of the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Iran�s trade volume exchanged with the Union exceeded five million tons.

�After six-month period since the execution of PTA with EAEU, Iran�s total trade volume with the Union topped more than five million tons at large,� said Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi, spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), on Saturday.

Some 5,104,984 tons of products, valued at $1,782,577,719, were exchanged between Islamic Republic of Iran and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)�s member states from Oct. 27, 2019 to April 24, 2020, he added.

In this period, Islamic Republic of Iran exported 1,344,377 tons of products, valued at $539,612,456, to EAEU�s member states, he said, adding, �of total volume of products exported from the country to EAEU, Russia, Armenia and Kazakhstan accounted for 53, 23 and 16 percent share of Iran�s total export volume respectively.�

He went on to say that 3,760,607 tons of products, valued at $1,242,965,263, have been imported into the country since implementation of PTA between Iran and EAEU.