BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 21. As many as 335,000 tons of non-oil products worth approximately $207 million were exported via the customs of Iran’s Golestan Province in north-eastern of the country, during the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through February 19, 2023), Director General of Golestan Province Customs Office Ebrahim Hosseini said, Trend reports citing the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
According to Hosseini, Iran’s non-oil exports through the province’s customs for the reporting period increased by 24 percent in value, while decreased by 9 percent in volume compared to the same period last Iranian year.
Hosseini added that the exported goods were mainly polystyrene, cheese, dates, various pipes and profiles, raisins, copper wire, tomato paste and etc.
“The mentioned products were exported to 33 countries, mainly Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Romania, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Russia and Pakistan,” he said.
Meanwhile, Iran's total foreign trade turnover amounted to about 146 million tons worth $73 billion in the last Iranian year (from March 20, 2020 through March 20, 2021). During this period, Iran exported 112 million tons of goods worth $34.5 billion and imported 33.4 million tons worth $38.4 billion.
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