Persian Carpet
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August 22,2022After a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 29th Iran Handmade Carpet Exhibition opened at Tehran’s International Permanent Fairground on Aug. 22. Around 400 producers of handmade... -
May 30,2022Four hand-woven Persian carpets with a total area of 2,000 square meters have been exported to the UAE.
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May 16,2022The specialized commission for carpets, handicrafts and tourism of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives is petitioning the government to repeal the Central Bank of Iran’s export revenue repatriation policy...
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May 08,2022A total of $64 million worth of handmade carpets were exported from Iran in the fiscal 2021-22, registering a 10% decline compared with the year before, according to the head of Iran National...
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January 04,2022Iran’s handmade carper exports are expected to reach $50 million by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2022), says Morteza Miri, a member of Handmade Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters...
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August 25,2021Hand-woven rugs worth $5 million were exported from Iran during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), says a member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and...
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July 04,2021Handmade carpet exports stood at 366.9 tons worth $4.8 million in the first two months of fiscal 2021-22 (March 21-May 21), registering a 275.1% and 84% growth in weight and value respectively...
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March 15,2021A trilateral memorandum of understanding has been signed by Omid Entrepreneurship Fund, Iran’s National Carpet Center and the private sector for generating sustainable jobs and lending support to...
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May 11,2020Iran is looking to finalize a plan based on which identification documents will be issued for hand-woven Persian carpets by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2021), the head of Iran...
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April 21,2020A total of $50 million worth of hand-woven carpets were exported in the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), registering a 90% decline compared with the previous year. In fact, last year was the...
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February 02,2020Iran exported $40 million worth of hand-woven carpets in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21, 2019). The export volume is a 10th of last year’s figure, according...
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December 21,2019A total of $30 million worth of hand-woven carpets were exported from Iran during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21- Oct. 22), the head of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives’...
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December 23,2018Plans are underway to establish a barter system to trade Persian hand-woven carpets for other commodities, says Fereshteh Dastpak, the head of Iran National Carpet Center. She noted that major...
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August 26,2018Iran exported $100 million worth of hand-woven carpets during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering an increase of 21.7% in value compared to last year’s...
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August 13,2018Tehran sold $126 million worth of Persian rugs to the American market last year, but the new US sanctions on Iran have targeted the hand-woven carpets. But the beautiful rugs are more than just a...
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April 28,2018India is currently posing the main challenge to Persian hand-woven carpets, as the country has captured part of the world markets previously dominated by Iran, the chairman of Iran National Carpet...
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March 02,2018Iran exported $336 million worth of hand-woven carpets to about 80 countries during the 10 months to Jan. 20, registering an increase of 21% compared with last year’s corresponding period. IRNA...
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October 08,2017Close to 1,500 tons of hand-woven carpets worth more than $119 million were exported...
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August 27,2017Iran is one of the oldest producers and the biggest trader of hand-woven carpets worldwide.
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February 15,2017Some 4,400 tons of Persian hand-woven carpets worth $275 million were exported from Iran during...
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November 08,2016About $167 million worth of Persian hand-woven carpets were exported to...
