Iran’s 8-month exports to Asia up 28 percent
Iran exported more than 41.1 million tons of goods (without oil), worth over $19.3 billion, to Asian countries in the first eight months of the current calendar year (ended November 21), showing respectively 28 percent and 6 percent rise in terms of value and volume compared to the same period last year. Exports to Europe, Africa, America and Oceania stood at $1.4 billion, $318 million, $224 million and $67 million respectively in the mentioned period of time, the ISNA news agency reported. Iran exported over $28 billion worth of non-oil goods in the eight-month period, up 35 percent compared with the same period last year. The country also imported some $40 billion worth of goods in the mentioned period of time, showing six percent fall year on year, the IRNA news agency reported. Exports of technical and engineering services amounted to $2.9 billion in the eight-month period, the report added. Previously, Trade Promotion Organization chief Hamid Safdel had said the value of non-oil exports is expected to hit $43 billion in the current year and $50.5 billion in the year after.
Eurostat in its recent report announced that Iran has been 7th major oil exporter to the European Union in January-September 2011. According to the report, Iran-EU trade during the mentioned 9 months reached €19 billion and it is while since the mid-2010, the EU under the US pressure has imposed unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic. In 2010, Iran-EU trade reached €24.5 billion showing 24 percent growth over 2009, Eurostat reported. Based on the report, the 27 European member states of the EU have imported €11.4 billion of various products from Iran in January-September 2011 showing no change over same period last year. In the same period, EU's exports to Iran have been valued at €7.6 billion showing 10.7 percent fall over same period last year. During January-September 2010, EU's exports to Iran stood at €8.5 billion, according to the report.