BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 28. Iran’s non-oil exports from Semnan Province (northern Iran) increased by 23 percent in value and 26 percent in volume, during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through November 21, 2022), compared to the same period last Iranian year, Director General of the Semnan Province Customs Office Ali Sadaddin told reporters, Trend reports citing IRNA.
According to him, a total of 192,000 tons of goods worth $74.6 million were exported from the province in 8 months.
Sadaddin added that the main exported goods were sodium hydroxide, light hydrocarbons, water conditioners, rubber containers, detergents, aluminum, dry milk, salt and so on.
The director general noted that the mentioned goods were exported to 32 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Türkiye, Russia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, the UAE, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, India, Uzbekistan and Japan.
“Furthermore, 13,300 tons of goods worth $22.1 million were imported to the province within 8 months,” he said.
Sadaddin also pointed out that various spare parts, manufacturing equipment and raw materials were the main imported goods to the province for the reporting period. The goods were imported from 22 countries, including Türkiye, China, Germany, the Czech Republic, the UAE and Japan.
The official said that the income of the province’s customs for 8 months amounted to more than 894 billion rials (about $21.3 million), which is an increase of 231 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
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