TEHRAN- According to Iran’s Customs Administration, the value of Iran’s non-oil trade fell to $19.473 billion (-20%) in spring 2016, which corresponds to the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-June 20), from $24.245 billion in spring 2015, IRIB reported. The Customs Administration put the worth of Iran’s non-oil exports and non-oil imports at $10.472 billion (-12%) and $9.001 billion (-27%), respectively, during the first quarter of this year. The figures were $11.859 billion and $12.386 billion for the exports and imports in the same quarter of the last year.
The top five export destinations for Iranian products in the first quarter of the Iranian year 1395 were China (21%), the UAE (17%), Iraq (14%), South Korea (8%) and India (7%). Germany is placed 16th of the Iranian export destinations.
The mains imports were corn for livestock, soy bean, soy press cake, rice and semi knocked down auto parts which were valued at 272 Mio. USD, 221 Mio. USD, 215 Mio USD, 197 Mio. USD and 160 Mio USD respectively. China (23%), the UAE (17%), South Korea (7%), Turkey (7%) and Russia (6%) were the main exporters during the period, followed by India (5%) und Germany (5%).