Iran non-oil exports to China and UAE in the first 9 months of the current year decreased 12.78 percent and 18.39 percent, respectively, while Iran's goods export to Iraq, South Korea and Afghanistan grew 36%, 28.99% and 6.27%, respectively.
Iran Customs Office revealed that in the period import goods rose to 37.570 billion dollars, increasing 18.31 percent from a year earlier and the huge share of basic goods, car demountable parts and capital goods were the main reasons for Iran's upward imports.
It is worth mentioning that Iran's customs formalities for 115 million and 171 thousand tons of goods in the period were done thoroughly automatically, out of the total, the import goods's share was 26 million and 595 thousand tons and non-oil export goods stood at 88 million and 567 thousand tons.
Major Export Goods
The most share of export items in the first 9 months of the current year belongs to gas condensate, liquid propane, methanol, light oils and byproducts except petrol and iron ore with $5.98 bn, $1.68 bn, $835 mn, $810 mn and $765 mn worth, respectively.
Major Import Goods
The major import goods in the period belong to car demountable parts , corn livestock, rice, soybean, motor vehicles with a cylinder capacity between 1500 to 2000 cc, except ambulances and hybrids with $1.240 bn, $1.115 bn, $1.15 bn, $749 mn, $660 mn worth, respectively.
Major Iranian Goods Buyers
The major Iranian goods buyers in the first 9 months were China with $6.527 bn, Iraq with $4.628 bn, UAE with $4.458 bn, South Korea with $3.11 bn and Afghanistan with $2.04 bn, respectively.
Major Exporters to Iran
The major import goods to Iran were from China with $9.452 bn, UAE with $ 6.656 bn, Turkey with $2.576 bn, South Korea with 2.563 bn and Germany with $2.95 bn worth, respectively.
