Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 25
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran's non-oil exports including gas condensates reached $38.492 billion during the first 11 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started March 20, 2016).
The figure indicates a rise by 0.21 percent compared to the same period of preceding year, Iran's Custom Administration reported Feb. 25.
Iran includes gas condensate and some raw hydrocarbon products like propane, butane, etc in its non-oil export basket.
The volume of the exported goods reached 111.812 million tones in the 11-month period, 32.49 percent more year-on-year.
The Islamic Republic exported $3.222 billion worth of non-oil goods in the 11th Iranian calendar month (Jan. 20-Feb. 21).
During the 11-month period, the country exported $6.571 billion worth of condensate, which shared 17.07 percent of Iran’s total non-oil exports in terms of value.
Liquefied gas worth $1.952 billion, light oils and products (except for gasoline) worth $1.365 billion, petroleum gases and gas hydrocarbons ($1.106 billion) and liquefied propane ($1.077 billion) where other top exported goods in first 11 months of current fiscal year.
China was the main importer of the Iranian goods during the 11-month period. Iran exported $7.298 billion worth of goods to China, indicating a rise by 6.91 percent year-on-year.
The United Arab Emirates ($6.141 billion), Iraq ($5.514 billion), Turkey ($2.958 billion) and South Korea ($2.691 billion) were other top importer of Iranian non-oil goods during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year.