IRICA: Foreign Trade Tops $117bn in 11 Months

Date: 01 March 2025 - 22:14

News ID: ۱۳۷۴۳۵

TEHRAN — The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) has said that the country’s non-oil foreign trade in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2024) hit $117 billion.
Foroud Askari, who is also the deputy minister of economy, said that the country’s non-oil foreign trade registered an 11.2 percent growth compared to the last year’s corresponding period.
He put the country’s volume of non-oil trade in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2024 to February 20, 2025) at 176.102 million tons, showing a 9.2 percent growth compared to the same period last year.
Of total $53.376 billion worth of non-oil trade of the country (with export of oil, electricity, technical and engineering services excluded), $63.606 billion of which was related to the products imported into the country in this period, the rate of which showed a 19 and 5.6 percent growth in weight and value, respectively.
He went on to say that Iran exported $6.6 billion, $3.3 billion and $2.1 billion worth of natural gas, liquefied propane and methanol overseas, respectively.