BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 20
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The value of gross domestic product (GDP) in the Iran’s agricultural sector decreased by 0.9 percent during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through June 21, 2021), compared to the same period last Iranian year, Trend reports citing the statistics of Central Bank of Iran (CBI).
According to the statistics, the value of GDP in the agricultural sector (including fishing sector) for the 3 months amounted to about 376 trillion rials (about $8.95 billion).
“Meanwhile in the same period last Iranian year, the figure stood at 379 trillion rials (about $9.03 billion),” the statistics said.
Moreover, the share of the agricultural sector in Iran's gross domestic product was - 0.1 percent within the 3 months.
As reported, the value of Iran’s GDP (including crude oil) amounted to 3.47 quadrillion rials (about $82.8 billion) over the first 3 months of the current Iranian year. This is an increase of 4.7 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year. So, the figure stood at 3.27 quadrillion rials (about $78 billion) in the same period last Iranian year.
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