Updated: Iran exported non-oil products worth 31.491 billion US-Dollar resp. 26.964 bln Euro during the eight month period from March 21 to November 21, a 13 percent rise in US-$ and 10% rise in Euro, according to Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
The country saw a (non-oil) trade surplus of 2 billion US-Dollar in this eight month.
IRICA data showed that gas condensate valued at $2.776 bln, liquefied propane worth $1.339 bln, low-density oils and their byproducts except for gasoline valued at $1.101 bln, methanol worth $1.067 bln were the main exported products during the mentioned period of time, IRICA reported. 33% of the non-oil export products were petrochemicals (+33%), 9% liquefied gases (-38%) and 58% were other products (+18%). Iraq was the most important importer of non-oil products from Iran ($6.757 bln, 21% share); the exports to Iraq grew by 67%. China ($6.462 bln, +18%), United Arab Emirates ($5.092 bln, +26%), Afghanistan ($2.244 bln, +26%) and India ($1.570 bln, -11%) were the other main export markets of Iranian non-oil goods during the eight-month period.
Iran imported $29.549 bln resp. 24.828 bln Euro of non-oil products in the mentioned time span, with 14 percent fall from the US-$ figure of last year period resp. 17% fall in Euro. Corn as livestock food valued at $1,282 mln, auto parts for production of motor cars (14-30% production in Iran, except tyres, and motors less than 2000 cc,) worth $1,134 mln, rice worth $996 mln, soy bean valued at $932 mln and graphite-electrodes ($377 million) were the major imported products. China ($7.385 bln, -9%), UAE ($4.454 bln, -30%), South Korea ($1.763 bln, -26%), India ($1.615 bln, +0.6%) and Germany ($1.604 bln, -14%) were the main exporters of goods to Iran during the eight month period.