Iran's Non-Oil Exports Exceed $46bln in Eleven Months

TEHRAN (FNA) - Head of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Valiollah Afkhami Rad announced that Iran exported approximately $46.3bln of various kinds of non-oil goods in the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2014-February 20, 2015).

Date: 23 February 2015 - 21:15

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Afkhami Rad said that the figure showed 22 percent growth in comparison with the same period last year.
He further said that Iran’s trading during the said period reached $94.5bln, which would increase by $110bln if service exports are added.
The Iranian trade official continued Iran’s exports during the first ten months of Iranian calendar year reached $42.6bln which would increase to $52bln if services exports are considered. The amount rose by 27 percent comparing to similar period last year.
Iranian exports included propane, polyethylene, butane, pistachio, ethanol, sour and cement which were mainly sent to China, Iraq, the UAE, Afghanistan and India.
Iran’s trading with Asia included 92 percent of its entire trading. Europe and Africa’s share of Iranian exports hit respectively 5 and 2.1 percent.
In January, Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri underscored the necessity for cutting dependence on oil revenues and increasing exports of non-oil products.
"Special increase in the volume of non-oil exports constitutes the government’s most important approach,” Jahangiri said.
"To reach this goal, any obstacle on the way of the Iranian exporters should be removed in addition to granting special facilities to non-oil exports,” he added.