According to details, Iran exported 1.8 million tons of commodities worth US$639 million to the EAEU members in the period under review, registering a 20% fall in terms of weight and a 6% decline in terms of value. The country’s trade with its Eurasian partners declined 11% as compared to the previous year’s same eight-month period.
During this time span, Iran's exports to Russia and Belarus increased significantly in terms of weight and value, while exports to three other countries, namely Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, decreased.
Eurasian destinations accounted for only 2.4 percent of Iran’s total exports in the first eight months of the current year, according to the said data.
Among Eurasian trade partners, Russia was Iran's top export destination with US$285 million, followed by Armenia with US$233 million worth of imports from the Islamic Republic, while most of Iran's imports also came from Russia (US$727 million).
Iran and Eurasian Economic Union reached a free trade agreement in October 2018 based on which about 862 commodity items were subjected to preferential tariffs. The interim agreement enabling the formation of a free trade area between Iran and the EAEU was signed on May 17, 2018, and officially came into force on October 27, 2019.
Iran is a very important market in the region and the development of ties with this country is of high significance for the EAEU members (Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan).
The free trade agreement between Iran and the Union has laid the ground for the expansion of trade ties between the two sides.
The agreement with the bloc has increased Iran’s exports to the EAEU member states significantly, which is a turning point for the Islamic Republic's plans for boosting non-oil exports during the US sanctions.
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