69% Surge in Iran's Exports to EU in March

Iran's exports to EU member states in March registered a growth of 69%, indicating an acceleration of trade ties in recent months. 
Trade with 27 members of the European Union reached €1.05 billion worth of goods and commodities in the first quarter of 2020, to post a 3.15% decline compared with the previous year's corresponding period.
This is while Iran's trade with European states grew by 5.62% during the month to €369.3 million. 
As per data extracted from Eurostat's datasets, Iran exported €74.6 million worth of goods to EU partners in March, up about 69%. Imports from the green continent declined by 3.51% to €294.7 million during the third month of the year.
Germany remained the top trading partner of Iran during the first quarter, as the two countries exchanged €416.8 million worth of goods, 11% less than the year before.