TEHRAN -- Iran’s exports of nanotechnology products in the past Persian calendar year increased 110 percent compared to a year earlier.
Iranian producers exported $145 million of nanotechnology products in the mentioned year, according to the official figures.
Iran had exported $69 million worth of nanotechnology products on March 21, 2022, to March 21, 2023.
The total value of Iran’s nanotechnology products in the past year stood at $1.62 billion, of which about 91 percent was sold in domestic markets and only nine percent was exported.
Also, the sales of nano-based products in Iran in 2023 increased by 104 percent compared to 2022.
The nano-coating technologies, nano-composites, and nano-catalysts accounted for the major share of the domestic market.
At present, the Iran-made nanotechnology products are exported to 49 countries in the world, of which about 60 percent is exported to Iraq, Syria, India, China, and Turkey, the figures of Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council showed.