BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 8
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend
Fruits and vegetables were exported directly from Iran to Oman for the first time, said Farhad Nouri, the head of the commercial services at Trade Promotion Organization, Trend reports citing the official website of the organization.
According to Nouri, the first container with a refrigerator arrived at the port of Sultan Qaboos in Oman on April 8.
Nouri added that previously, Iranian fruits, vegetables and other products were supplied through the port of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
The official said that efforts are being made to use the funds allocated for trade infrastructure to provide refrigerated containers.
"From April 4, the products were shipped by containers for the first time from Bandar Abbas port of Hormozgan province in southern Iran and Sultan Qaboos port of Muscat city in Oman," Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade of Iran and Chairman of the Trade Development Organization Hamid Zadboum said.
Iran exported 133.9 million tons of products worth $41.3 billion last Iranian year (from March 21, 2019 to March 20, 2020). The top five countries in terms of the exports' value were China ($9.5 billion), Iraq ($9 billion), Turkey ($5 billion), the UAE ($4.5 billion) and Afghanistan ($2.3 billion).
In turn, 35.3 million tons of products worth $43.7 billion were imported to Iran. China ($11.2 billion), UAE ($8.9 billion), Turkey ($4.5 billion), India ($3.6 billion) and Germany ($2.1 billion) were the top five countries where from the goods were imported.