Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 1
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:
The Trade Development Organization of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade of Iran has published statistics on imports for the first seven months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2018).
According to the statistics, the value of imported goods is indicated in millions of US dollars and the weight in thousand tons in the following table:
Name of products |
Value of imported goods in 7 months |
Total import value in percent |
Change in value compared to 7 months of last year in percent |
|
1 |
Animal forage |
1,106 |
4.2 |
25 |
2 |
Spare parts for car production |
1,096 |
4.2 |
47 |
3 |
Rice |
985 |
3.7 |
-4 |
4 |
Soybeans |
789 |
3 |
43 |
5 |
Coal electrodes |
320 |
1.2 |
340 |
6 |
Spare parts for equipment |
296 |
1.1 |
855.694 |
7 |
Press cake |
295 |
1,1 |
-11 |
8 |
Frozen boneless meat |
271 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
Barley for animal forage |
271 |
1 |
29 |
10 |
Mobile phones |
266 |
1 |
43 |
In total |
5,697 |
22 |
34 |
In the seven months, the products were imported to Iran mainly from the following countries:
Country |
Import value in 7 months (in million US dollars) |
Imports weight for 7 months (in thousand tons) |
Total value share of imports (in percent) |
Change in value compared to 7 months of last year (in percent) |
Change in weight compared to 7 months of last year (in percent) |
|
1 |
China |
6,622 |
2,114 |
25.2 |
-4 |
-20 |
2 |
UAE |
3,932 |
2,485 |
14.9 |
-25 |
-8 |
3 |
South Korea |
1,634 |
611 |
6.2 |
-21 |
-31 |
4 |
India |
1,502 |
1,097 |
5.7 |
0 |
-13 |
5 |
Germany |
1,426 |
461 |
5.4 |
-11 |
12 |
6 |
Turkey |
1,354 |
729 |
5.1 |
-26 |
-35 |
7 |
Switzerland |
1,317 |
2,484 |
5 |
5 |
-3 |
8 |
France |
793 |
64 |
3 |
-13 |
-18 |
9 |
Russia |
724 |
906 |
2.8 |
76 |
29 |
10 |
Netherlands |
718 |
1,472 |
2.7 |
-2 |
-9 |
11 |
Italy |
628 |
88 |
2.4 |
-25 |
-26 |
12 |
Singapore |
595 |
1,428 |
2.3 |
4 |
21 |
13 |
UK |
548 |
1,352 |
2.1 |
-21 |
-30 |
14 |
Oman |
337 |
337 |
1.3 |
274 |
303 |
15 |
Japan |
324 |
66 |
1.2 |
-6 |
-14 |
16 |
Brasil |
312 |
417 |
1.2 |
3 |
422 |
17 |
Australia |
260 |
287 |
1 |
35 |
97 |
18 |
Malaysia |
260 |
253 |
1 |
-9 |
4 |
19 |
Spain |
258 |
214 |
1 |
15 |
-10 |
20 |
Belgium |
248 |
33 |
0.9 |
-44 |
-78 |
In total |
23,790 |
16,900 |
90 |
-10 |
-7 |