Iran’s exports down 13.7% in two months to late April
Iran’s non-oil exports declined by 13.72% year on year in the two calendar months to late April, according to head of the country’s customs office IRICA.
Mohammad Rezavanifar said on Monday that Iranian exports had reached $7.513 billion in the two months to April 20, adding that shipments had risen by 12.26% in volume terms over the same period.
Rezavanifar said Iran had exported some $592 million worth of liquefied propane and some $538 million worth of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in March-April.
He said the two products, along with liquefied butane, methanol and bitumen, had accounted for more than 30% of Iran’s non-oil exports over the period.
China was the largest customer of Iranian goods in March-April with some $2.418 billion worth of purchases, followed by Iraq at $1.228 billion and Turkey at $835 million, said the IRICA chief, adding that exports to the United Arab Emirates and India reached $749 million and $331 million, respectively, over the same period.
Rezavanifar said that Iran’s imports in the two months to late April had reached $7.941 billion, down 4.79% year on year, adding that animal feed corn had accounted for $536 million worth of imports into Iran over the period.
He said cargo transported via Iran in March-April reached 2.326 million metric tons, down 5.38% compared to same period last year.
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