Non-Oil Foreign Trade at 79 Billion USD in Eleven Month
Iran exported non-oil products worth 40.078 billion US-Dollar (-1%) during the eleven month period from March 21 to February 19, according to Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). The country saw a (non-oil) trade surplus of 1577 million US-Dollar in this eleven month. 33% (+14%) of the non-oil export products were petrochemicals, 10% (-38%) liquefied gases and 57% (+2%) were other products. China was the most important importer of non-oil products from Iran ($8.359 bln, +4%). Irak ($8.239 bln, +42%), United Arab Emirates ($5.543 bln, -7%), Afghanistan ($2.727 bln, +9%) and Turkey ($2.173 bln, -10%) were the other main export markets of Iranian non-oil goods during the eleven-month period.
Iran imported $38.501 bln of non-oil products in the mentioned time span, with 21 percent fall from the US-$ figure of last year period. Corn as livestock food valued at $1,870 mln, rice worth $1.344 mln, auto parts for production of motor cars (14-30% production in Iran, except tyres, and motors less than 2000 cc,) worth $1,300 mln, , soy bean valued at $1,086 mln and graphite-electrodes ($548 million) were the major imported products. China ($9.375 bln, -21%), UAE ($5.919 bln, -35%), Turkey (2.261 bln, -23%), India ($2.211 bln, +9%) and Germany ($2.177 bln, -20%) were the main exporters of goods to Iran during the eleven month period.