Iran exported some 495,000 tons of non-oil goods worth $228.6 million to African countries in the first 9 months of current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2009).
The amount shows a 14 percent increase in terms of value and a 40 percent rise in terms of volume in comparison to the previous year's figure, the Mehr News Agency reported.
Iran had exported some 352,000 tons of non-oil goods worth $200.9 million to Africa in the first 9 months of previous Iranian calendar year.
South Africa, Morocco, Sudan, Nigeria, Libya, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Kenya, and Algeria were the main destinations for Iranian products, while tar, construction materials, Kelim, industrial and mineral oils, vehicles, ceramic, and tiles were the major exported items.