TEHRAN - The spokesman for Iran’s Customs Organization (IRICA) Seyyed Ruhollah Latifi says the country and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have traded over 48.9 million tons of goods worth more than 32.7 billion dollars in the first 11 months of the year.
This volume of trades shows a 31 percent rise in trade value and a 41% in exports compared to the same period last year.
Latifi said If the SCO members agree with the mechanism of Iran’s permanent membership in the organization, trade between them can significantly increase.
Latifi added that China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Russia are the top five SCO importers of Iranian goods.
According to the spokesman of the Iranian Customs, the other SCO members importing goods from Iran were respectively Uzbekistan,Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Mongolia.