TEHRAN - Iran conducted $78.2 billion in trade in non-oil goods with other countries during the first ten months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 20, 2012, according to Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Shamseddin Hosseini. The country exported $34.5 billion worth of non-oil goods and imported $43.7 billion of non-oil goods during the 10-month period, ISNA quoted Hosseini as saying on Saturday. He also said that exports of industrial and mineral goods increased by 30 percent year on year.
Iran exported around $43.7 billion worth of non-oil goods in the previous Iranian calendar year and imported about $61.8 billion worth of non-oil goods to hit the unprecedented mark of $105 billion in annual trade. In May 2012, Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Deputy Director Kiyumars Fat’hollah Kermanshahi said that annual imports and exports are projected to reach $77 billion and $83 billion respectively by March 2016.