Iran’s trade balance rises $6.3 bln
Iran's balance of trade in the past Iranian calendar year, which
ended on March 20, improved by $6.3 billion compared to the year
which ended in March 2012, Fars news agency quoted Iranian Customs
Administration Director Abbas Memarnejad as saying.
Exports amounted to $41.5 billion, while imports stood at $53.3
billion in the past year.
In January, head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Hamid
Safdel said that the country's non-oil exports in the current
Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21, is predicted to
hit $59.5 billion.
Exports of mineral, agricultural, industrial, and petrochemical
products are seen to add up to $41 billion, Mehr news agency quoted
Safdel as saying. The value of technical and engineering exports is
estimated to be around $5.5 billion, he added.
Exports of other goods, including gas condensates, are envisaged to
reach $13 billion, he noted.
Iran is currently in trade with 151 countries, he noted.