Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 1
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:
In the first eight months of the current Iranian year (started March 21) exports of Iran's Qazvin province increased by 45 percent compared to the same period of the previous Iranian year, Deputy Governor of Qazvin province for Economic Affairs Manouchehr Habibi said, IRNA reported.
Habibi noted that in the current Iranian year Qazvin's exports reached $61 million and were sent to 37 countries.
The largest share (60 percent) of the province's exports were sent to Iraq, while Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the UAE alltogether acccounted for 25 percent of the exports, Habibi said.
The agricultural produce of the Qazvin land is grape, hazelnut, pistachio, almond, walnut, olive, apple, wheat, barley, sugar beet, pomegranate, fig, and cereals. Animal husbandry, and aquatic and poultry breeding are developed throughout the province.
In recent decades, Qazvin has become a developing pole of the country, primarily due to its preferable location. Qazvin today is a center of textile trade, including cotton, silk and velvet, in addition to leather. It is on the railroad line and the highway between Tehran and Tabriz.