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Iran's Non-Oil Foreign Trade Hit $73b

Exports accounted for 112 million tons worth $34.52 billion and imports constituted 34.4 million tons worth $38.5 billion of the sum
Iran's Non-Oil Foreign Trade Hit $73b
Iran's Non-Oil Foreign Trade Hit $73b

Iran’s foreign non-oil trade stood at 145.7 million tons worth $73 billion in the last fiscal year (March 2020-21). 
According to Mehdi Mirashrafi, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, exports accounted for 112 million tons worth $34.52 billion and imports constituted 34.4 million tons worth $38.5 billion of the sum. 
Iran’s main export commodities included gasoline, natural gas, polyethylene, propane and pistachio, with the latter alone earning $1.2 billion. 
“The main export destinations were China with 26.6 million tons worth $8.9 billion, Iraq with 25.6 million tons worth $7.3 billion, the UAE with 15.2 million tons worth $4.6 billion, Turkey with 6.3 million tons worth $2.5 billion and Afghanistan with 7 million tons worth $2.2 billion. These five countries imported 80 million tons of non-oil goods worth $25.7 billion,” he was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.

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