Iraq is in first place. Iranian official: Our trade with neighboring countries amounted to $50 billion, 13 FEB

  Iraq is in first place. Iranian official: Our trade with neighboring countries amounted to $50 billion

Baghdad Today - Follow-up

An Iranian official revealed on Sunday (February 11, 2024) that the volume of non-oil trade between Iran and 15 neighboring countries amounted to $50 billion during the past ten months of the current Iranian year, which ends on March 20, adding that "Iraq occupied the first place in Iran's exports."

The spokesman for the Iranian Trade Development Committee, Ruhollah Latifi, told the news agency "Ilna", followed by "Baghdad Today": "The volume of non-oil trade between Iran and 15 neighboring countries amounted to $ 50 billion during the 10 months of the current Iranian year, which was accompanied by a growth of 1.8 percent compared to the same period last year."

He added: "From the beginning of March 2023 until January 2024, 79,982,360 tons of goods worth 49 billion 831 million 871 thousand dollars were exported between Iran and Iran's neighboring countries, and the share of Iran's exports to these countries amounted to 60 million 368 thousand 642 tons of goods worth 23 billion 150 million 483 thousand dollars, and the share of Iran's imports from neighboring countries amounted to 19 million and 613 thousand and 717 tons worth 26 billion and 681 million and 388 thousand and 465 dollars."

Regarding the export of Iranian food and agricultural products to neighboring countries, Latifi said: "In 10 months of this year, 6 and 151 million and 744 tons of livestock were exported, and fish, agricultural and food products worth three billion and 909 million And 648 thousand and 708 dollars were exported to Iran's neighboring countries."

According to Latifi, Iraq ranked first with $7.2 billion, followed by the UAE with $5.2 billion, Turkey with $3.5 billion, Pakistan with $1.7 billion, and Afghanistan with $1.5 billion, in exporting Iranian goods.

He pointed out that "the Sultanate of Oman ranked sixth with the purchase of $916 million, followed by Russia with $760 million, Azerbaijan with $499.5 million, Turkmenistan with $368 million, Armenia with $333 million, Kazakhstan with $163.5 million , Kuwait with $146 million, and Qatar with $146 million. Bahrain $8.3 million and Saudi Arabia $361,000."

On the volume of Iranian imports from neighboring countries, he said: "The UAE sold $17 billion, Turkey sold $6 billion, Russia sold $1.5 billion, Oman sold $778 million, Pakistan sold $527 billion dollars, and the first million five countries that exported their goods to Iran."

Source: Iranian "ILNA" news agency