Iran’s trade balance became positive for the second month and the volume of imports decreased as well.
Based on the report of the Public Relations office of Iran Customs , the IT Department of Iran Customs reported that during the 2 months of current Iranian year ( started on March 21, 2015) the imports of our country reached 6 billion and 344 million dollars which decreased by 13.82 percent compared to the same period of the past year. Also during the same period, the non-oil exports of our country stood at 7 billion and 861 million dollars which dropped by 2.66 percent. The report indicated that during the 2 months of current year, the volume of exports exceeded the volume of imports.
The main export items included: propane, bitumen and polyethylene and the main importers were China, Iraq, UAE, India and Afghanistan respectively.
The main imports of our country consisted of livestock corn, with share of 3.44 percent, rice with 2.42 percent, soybean meal with 2.24 percent, machineries for shaping mineral products with 2.12 percent and wheat with share of 1.77 percent and UAE, China, South Korea, Turkey and India allocated the highest share of Iran’s imports respectively to themselves.