Customs office has announced Iranians imported goods worth $13 bn and exported goods worth $ 16 bn in the first four month of 2016. In the same time, country’s non-oil exports showed considerable growth hitting $ 16.308 bn, which is 21 per cent up compared to that last year. The imported goods, worth 13.852 bn show a decline of 7 per cent. Petrochemical products constituted the majority of exported goods worth $ 5.7 bn with other goods constituting 65 per cent of the exported value. Average price of each ton of exported goods was $ 396, with each imported ton of goods being $ 1,292.
Imported goods were rice worth ( $ 475 million), corn ( $ 335 million), soybean ( $ 315 million), soy protein concentrates (SPC) worth $ 240 million and parts for production of automobiles (except for automobile tires) worth of $ 227 million comprising.
China (23%), UAE (16%), South Korea (7%), Turkey (7%), and India (6%) were the main exporters, followed by Germany (5%) and Russia (5%). Iran bezog in den ersten vier Monaten des laufenden iranischen Jahres wertmäßig 210% mehr Waren aus Rußland als im Vergleich des Vorjahreszeitraums.