Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 15
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Exports of Iran’s minerals and mineral industry products increased by 14 percent during the first ten months of current fiscal year (March 20, 2016-Jan. 20), Iran's Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Jafar Serghini said.
Iran exported $5.5 billion worth of minerals and mineral industry products during the mentioned period, Serghini said, Iran’s industry, mines and trade ministry’s official SHATA news portal reported Feb 15.
He said that the Islamic Republic exported 22 million tons of minerals, worth $1 billion in the 10-month period.
Serghini added that Iran also exported $4.5 billion worth of mineral industry products in the same period.
Mines and mining industry of the Islamic Republic exported $7.05 billion worth of goods and services over the last Iranian fiscal year.
According to Amir Sabbagh, an official with the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), the mining sector had a share of $11.5 billion in the country’s trade turnover over the last Iranian year(ended March 2016).
He said the imports of the country’s mining sector in the mentioned period stood at $4.44 billion.
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