The Islamic Republic traded over 47.222 million tons of
commodities with the neighboring countries in the mentioned year, IRIB quoted
Ruhollah Latifi.
The volume of the traded goods in the mentioned period also
increased by 37% as compared to the figure for the previous year’s same period.
Iran traded a total of 79.104 million tons of non-oil
products worth US$44.926 billion with its trade partners during this period.
Trade with neighboring countries in the first half of the
year accounted for 60% and 50% of the country’s total non-oil trade during the
said period, in terms of weight and value, respectively.
The country exported over 36.087 million tons of non-oil
goods worth more than US$11.218 billion to the neighboring countries in the
period under review, while imported more than 19.138 million tons of goods
worth over US$11.369 billion.
Iraq was Iran’s top export destination, importing $3.840
billion worth of commodities from the Islamic Republic, while the lowest volume
of exports was made to Saudi Arabia with only US$39,000, according to Latifi.
After Iraq, the main export destinations for Iranian
products and goods were Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Afghanistan and
Pakistan.
On the other hand, the highest volume of Iran's imports from
neighboring countries was made from the UAE with US$7.305 billion, followed by
Turkey, Russia, Iraq and Oman.
Increasing non-oil exports to the neighboring countries is
one of the major plans that the Iranian government has been pursuing in recent
years.
Iran shares land or water borders with 15 countries namely
UAE, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Oman,
Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Saudi Arabia.
According to IRICA, Iran currently exports non-oil
commodities to 40 European countries, 21 Asian countries, 28 African countries,
and 12 American countries, while importing from 41 European countries, 31 Asian
countries, 12 American countries, and 11 countries in Africa.
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