Update: Iran exported non-oil products worth 33.358 billion US-Dollar (28.342 billion Euro) during the nine month period from March 21 to December 21, a 5% rise in USD and a 3% rise in Euro, according to Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
The country saw a (non-oil) trade surplus of 838 million US-Dollar in this nine month. 34% of the non-oil export products were petrochemicals (+31%), 8% liquefied gases (-45%) and 57% (+7%) were other products. Iraq was the most important importer of non-oil products from Iran ($6.929 bln,+49%). China ($6.749 bln, +7%), United Arab Emirates ($5.134 bln, +11%), Afghanistan ($2.337 bln, +16%) and die Türkei ($1.012 bln, 22%) were the other main export markets of Iranian non-oil goods during the nine-month period.
Iran imported $32.620 bln (27.653 bln Euro) of non-oil products in the mentioned time span, with 16 percent fall from the US-$ figure (-18% in Euro) of last year period. Corn as livestock food valued at $1,477 mln, auto parts for production of motor cars (14-30% production in Iran, except tyres, and motors less than 2000 cc,) worth $1,214 mln, rice worth $1.023 mln, soy bean valued at $944 mln and graphite-electrodes ($437 million) were the major imported products. China ($8.172 bln, -12%), UAE ($4.914 bln, -30%), South Korea ($1.832 bln, -33%), Germany ($1.825 bln, -14%) and Switzerland ($1.794 bln, +10%) were the main exporters of goods to Iran during the nine month period.