Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 19
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:
In the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2018), Iran's imports from China amounted to $8.9 billion, Trend reports referring to Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).
Apart from China, Iran mainly imported goods from the UAE ($5.45 billion), Turkey ($2.038 billion), Germany ($2.018 billion) and India ($1.928 billion).
These five countries together accounted for 57 percent of Iran's total imports.
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Rank in 10-month period |
Country |
10 months of current Iranian year |
10 months of previous Iranian year |
Difference (%) |
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|
Value (million USD) |
Weight (1,000 tons) |
Share of the value in total imports (%) |
Value (million USD) |
Weight (1,000 tons) |
Value |
Weight |
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|
1 |
China |
8,905 |
2,915 |
25 |
10,463 |
3,878 |
-15 |
-25 |
|
2 |
UAE |
5,456 |
3,311 |
15.3 |
8,068 |
5,372 |
-32 |
-38 |
|
3 |
Turkey |
2,038 |
1,006 |
5.7 |
2,670 |
1,579 |
-24 |
-36 |
|
4 |
Germany |
2,018 |
597 |
5.7 |
2,401 |
723 |
-16 |
-17 |
|
5 |
India |
1,927 |
1,465 |
5.4 |
1,883 |
1,523 |
2 |
-4 |
|
6 |
South Korea |
1,907 |
692 |
5.3 |
3,042 |
1,239 |
-37 |
-44 |
|
7 |
Switzerland |
1,895 |
3,601 |
5.3 |
1,801 |
3,644 |
5 |
-1 |
|
8 |
Russia |
1,036 |
1,551 |
2.9 |
591 |
1,105 |
75 |
40 |
|
9 |
Italy |
955 |
129 |
2.7 |
1,196 |
171 |
-20 |
-25 |
|
10 |
France |
951 |
75 |
2.7 |
1,442 |
121 |
-34 |
-38 |
|
11 |
Netherlands |
940 |
1,974 |
2.6 |
1,208 |
2,455 |
-22 |
-20 |
|
12 |
UK |
799 |
1,972 |
2.2 |
905 |
2,573 |
-12 |
-23 |
|
13 |
Singapore |
762 |
1,903 |
2.1 |
816 |
1,843 |
-7 |
3 |
|
14 |
Austria |
407 |
494 |
1.1 |
277 |
181 |
47 |
173 |
|
15 |
Japan |
405 |
71 |
1.1 |
506 |
112 |
-20 |
-36 |
|
16 |
Oman |
403 |
371 |
1.1 |
153 |
170 |
164 |
118 |
|
17 |
Brazil |
373 |
449 |
1 |
516 |
257 |
-28 |
75 |
|
18 |
Spain |
361 |
314 |
1 |
339 |
349 |
6 |
-10 |
|
19 |
Malaysia |
358 |
339 |
1 |
409 |
362 |
-13 |
-6 |
|
20 |
Belgium |
354 |
46 |
1 |
605 |
230 |
-41 |
-80 |
|
Total of 20 countries |
32,250 |
23,275 |
90.4 |
39,290 |
27,887 |
-18 |
-16.5 |
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