(www.irna.ir.en) - Italy remains the top trading partner of Iran in the European Union followed by Germany, France and the Netherlands according to the figures for the first ten months of 2006 released by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office.
Trade exchanges between Rome and Tehran for the period January to October 2006, totaled 4.80 billion euro, followed by Germany 3.65 bn euro, France 3.59 bn euro and the Netherlands 3,07 bn euro, reports Trend.
Figures for the whole year of 2005 show that Italy also held the first place with trade exchanges with Iran valued at 5.20 billion euro, followed by Germany 4.78 bn euro, France 4.16 bn euro and the Netherlands 2.98 bn euro.