In the first five months of the current year (March 21 – August 22, 2014), 11.9 million tons of industrial commodities worth around $5.5 billion and 11.3 million tons of mineral commodities worth $1.2 billion were exported, IRIB News reported on Wednesday. During this period, Iran exported 29.884 million tons of commodities to Asian countries worth $12.803 billion, 1.04 million tons to Europe worth $660 million, 897 thousand tons to Africa worth $298 million, 30 thousand tons to the Americas worth $19 million, and 4 thousand tons to the Oceania region worth $11 million.
