BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 29. The value of non-oil exports from Iran’s Mazandaran Province (northern Iran), increased by about 20 percent, during the first six months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through September 22, 2022), compared to the same period last Iranian year, a department official at Iran’s Mazandaran Province Governor Office Rahim Bakhshi told IRNA, Trend reports.
According to Bakhshi, $140 million worth of non-oil products were exported from the province in 6 months.
“Meanwhile, in the same period of last Iranian year, the value of non-oil exports from Mazandaran Province amounted to about $120 million,” he added.
The official also pointed out that the main exported goods were dairy products, citrus fruits, disposable products, etc. These goods were mainly exported to Iraq, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Türkiye, the UAE, Uzbekistan, Romania, Afghanistan and India.
“In total, $278 million worth of non-oil products were exported from the province in the last Iranian year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022),” Bakhshi said.
He noted that the goal of the provincial officials is to increase the annual export of the province to $3 billion in the next 3 years.
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