Tehran, Iran, April 4
By Mehdi Sepahvand –- Trend:
Over the past year Iran exported handmade carpets to China worth $3 million, according to President of Iran National Carpet Center Hamid Kargar.
While China is Iran’s rival in the carpet market, it has turned into one of the top 10 importers of Iranian handmade carpets, he said, IRIB news agency reported April 4.
He noted that China is a newly emerging market for the Iranian carpet because of the rise of the wealthy class in that country in recent years.
Iran’s carpet export to international markets surpassed $230 million during the past year.
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