36% Growth in Non-Oil Exports to Syria

Iran exported about 38,000 tons of non-oil goods valued at $66 million to Syria during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 21) to register a 36% rise in value but a 26% decline in tonnage compared with last year’s corresponding period, says director general of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran’s Arab-African Affairs Office. 
Speaking in an interview with Fars News Agency on Saturday, Farzad Piltan added that Iran is the seventh biggest exporter to Syria and accounts for only 3% of the Syrian market’s export share.
Iran-Syria Chamber of Commerce, affiliated with Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, sent business delegations to Damascus for holding talks on exporting Iranian cement to Syria.