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Iran still exports carpet to U.S. despite sanctions: report

Business Materials 12 November 2011 12:47 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov.12 / Trend F.Milad/

Official data show that Iran has exported over 473 kilograms of carpet, worth around $48,000, to U.S. in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year, despite claims of some Iranian authorities that Persian carpet is under the U.S. sanction.

Iran Carpet Company's managing director, Mohammadreza Abed, told the ISNA news agency that Iran exported annually $120 million worth of carpet to the U.S. in the past. But, despite the U.S. sanctions, Iranian carpets are still exported through countries such as Canada and Afghanistan to the U.S.

According to the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, exports of Iranian carpet stood at $227 million in the first half of the current calendar year, showing 15 percent decline compared with the same period last year.

Head of Iran's National Carpet Center Feysal Merdasi has predicted that Iran's carpet exports in the current (Iranian) year will increase 12 percent compared to the last year.

Iran exported $556 million worth of handmade carpets in the previous calendar year, up 12 percent year on year. The amount showed some 4 percent increase in terms of weight in comparison to its preceding year.

The United Arab Emirates and Germany were the main destinations for Persian carpets."

Japan, Canada, Italy, Brazil, Sweden, and Lebanon were the other major importers of Iranian-made carpets.

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