BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.19
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
About 5.49 million mobile phones worth $921 million have been imported to Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2020) to Oct. 18, Spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Rouhollah Latifi said, Trend reports citing IRICA.
According to Latifi, mobile phone imports increased by 26 percent in terms of numbers compared to the same period of the last Iranian year.
Latifi added that thus, 4.36 million mobile phones were imported to Iran in the same period last Iranian year.
The official noted that the mobile phone is the second-largest imported product in Iran.
In total, Iran exported 46.3 million tons of products (excluding crude oil and white oil) worth $13.5 billion during the first 6 months of the current Iranian year.
Over this period, Iran imported a total of 16.5 million tons of products worth about $16.8 billion.