Financial Tribune - Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union traded 6.86 million tons of commodities worth $2.4 billion from Oct. 27, 2019, when a preferential trade agreement between the two sides came into effect, to June 20, 2020, according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.

�The figure pertains to seven months and 26 days. Though the region was struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic for more than half this period, trade kept flowing. Iran and EEU accounted for 28% and 72% of the total trade volume respectively over the period,� Rouhollah Latifi was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.

Iran�s total exports to the bloc, said the official, stood at 1.65 million tons valued at $681 million, he added.

�Imports from the five EEU member states hit 5.2 million tons worth $1.73 billion, $1.17 billion of which (67.3%) were carried out under the trade agreement,� he said.