One hundred sixteen percent growth in exports to Eurasia
Exports to the members of the Eurasian Economic Union increased by one hundred and sixteen percent to seventy-two percent and amounted to seven hundred and eighty-three million dollars.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, customs spokesman Seyyed Rouhollah Latifi said the country's exports to five countries - Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia - totaled two hundred and five hundred and ninety thousand tons in the nine months of the year. It was $ 83 million, a hundred and sixteen percent increase in weight over the same period last year, as well as an increase of seventy-two percent. Also, the amount of Iran's imports from the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union amounted to two million two hundred and seventy-four thousand tons in the nine months of this year valued at $ 990 million and one million. This represents a forty-seven percent increase in weight and a seven percent decrease in value over the same period last year.
The Secretary of the Customs Information Council added: "In the beginning of this year, Iran has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on trade and preferential discounts on some import and export goods to the Eurasian Economic Community member states and the Agreement has been executed since November 5.
Latifi about the share of Eurasian Union countries in trade with Iran: Iran's exports to Eurasian countries during the nine months of this year amounted to about two and forty two hundred percent of the weight of two and forty six hundred percent of the total value of non-oil exports. It has its own country.
Latifi also added that Iran's imports from the above-mentioned countries account for about one-tenth of one percent of the weight and three and one-tenths of one percent of the total value of the country's imports. This year's month has reached four hundred and thirty-six dollars each.
Customs spokesman said the total volume of trade with the Eurasian Union countries was the largest volume of foreign trade with Eurasia countries with the Russian Federation, so that Iran's total exports to Russia were two hundred and seventy seven million dollars and the amount of imports from the country was eight hundred. And it is $ 64 million, which represents an increase of forty-one percent, while the value of imports from Russia has fallen seven percent in the nine months of this year. Also, the largest volume of foreign trade growth among Eurasian countries this year was with Armenia, with imports from Armenia increasing by forty-nine percent to $ 31 million, and Iran's exports to Armenia increased by one hundred and one hundred. Sixty-nine percent reached $ 3,300, which is a significant increase over this period.
* Ilna
