Mohammad Rezvanifar, head of customs, said about this year's non-oil trade: Iran's non-oil trade volume reached $54.6 billion in the first half of this year, a growth of 5%. compared to the same period last year. year.
This amount by weight was 85.3 million tonnes, an increase of 24% compared to the previous year.
The customs chief also said that the volume of Iran's non-oil exports in the first six months of this year was 68 million tons of goods worth $24.1 billion, and added : “Our non-oil exports are 2.6% in value and in terms of weight, it shows an increase of 29%.
Rezvanifar also announced regarding imports: 17.6 million tons of goods and equipment worth $30.4 billion were imported into the country in 6 months of this year, which showed an increase of 11.6% in value and 6.8% in terms of weight.
And about total non-oil trade in the first half of this year, he said: The trade volume was $54.6 billion and weighed 85.3 million tons.
In the export group, which includes petrochemical and gas products, it has a weight of 26.8 million tons and a value of 10.6 billion dollars, which represents an increase of 24% in weight, but due From the drop in the global price of petrochemical products, in terms of value, There was a decrease of 14%.
According to the head of Iranian customs, the import of 25 commodities into the country in 6 months of this year amounted to 11 million tons and was worth $9.1 billion, or 63% by weight and 30 % value. of the country's total imports.
Regarding Iran's trading partners this year, Rizwanifar said there has been no change in this regard and said: China, Iraq, UAE, Turkey and India are the largest destination markets for Iranian export products and the most important sources of our imports. include the United Arab Emirates, China, Turkey, Germany and India.
The head of customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran also spoke about the transit of goods from the country in the first half of this year: the volume of goods transited during this period was 7.7 million tons, an increase of 8.2 percent compared to the same period last year.