Baku, Azerbaijan, May 17
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Iran's non-oil exports (including condensates) surpassed $42.41 billion during the last fiscal year (ended March 20), indicating a fall by 16 percent compared to the same period of the preceding year.
Iran exported some 93.52 million tons of non-oil goods during that period which is seven percent less compared with the preceding fiscal year, said the latest statistics released by Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI).
Petroleum gases and liquefied gas hydrocarbons worth $1.58 billion, liquefied propane worth $1.42 billion, tar worth $1.23 billion, grid polyethylene film worth $1.11 billion and steel and iron products worth $1.09 billion topped the list of Iran 's exported non-oil goods.
The average price for each ton of Iran's non-oil goods in the mentioned period was around $461, which is one percent more than in the previous year.
China ($7.23 billion), Iraq (with $6.21 billion), the UAE (with $4.92 billion), Afghanistan (with $2.57 billion) and India ($2.53 billion) were top five biggest importers of Iranian goods.
The mentioned five countries imported 65.7 percent of Iran's total non-oil exports in terms of value in the last Iranian fiscal year.