SCI Examines Export, Import Price Changes

The Statistical Center of Iran has reviewed changes in the prices of commodities exported from and imported to the country in the fourth quarter of last fiscal year (Dec. 21, 2020-March 20) in new reports.
According to SCI, the Export Price Index, a relative indicator measuring the overall change in prices of exported goods and services, (using the year ending March 2017 as a base year), stood at 1,612.3 in Q4 in terms of rial, registering a 33% increase compared with the quarter before and a 229.8% rise compared with the same quarter of the year before.
The average EPI during the four-quarter period leading to March 20, 2021, (annualized), which marks the end of last fiscal year, witnessed a 172.2% growth compared with the corresponding period of the year before.