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Some 334.000 tons of non-oil products were exported in the first 6 months of the current local calendar year (March 21- September 22) from the customs offices of the Northern Iranian province of Gilan. which shows a 20% increase compared with the figures from the corresponding period last year.
Supervisor of the province’s Customs Administration Abolqassem Yousefinejad said on Saturday that 334.000 tons of non-oil products at the value of $181 million were exported in the first half of the current local calendar year from the customs offices of the Northern Iranian province of Gilan.
Compared to the same period in the preceding year. the figures show 20 percent rise in terms of weight and 12 percent increase in terms of value. he added.
Main products exported include vegetables. fruit. construction materials. ceramics. plastic products. and foodstuff. Yousefinejad said.
Russia. Azerbaijan. Kazakhstan. Georgia. Afghanistan and Iraq were the major destinations for the made exports. the officials added.
As he informed. in the first six months of the current year 574.000 tons of goods worth $430 million were imported into the country through Gilan.
Iran has reported higher volumes of exports for petrochemicals and mining products over the past months. Experts believe number of shipments would further increase as the governments are making a considerable investment in refining and mining sectors.
On Wednesday. Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati downplayed the impacts of the US embargos against the CBI. saying that the country has learned how to carry out sanction-free trade and economic interactions.
On Tuesday. a $430 million deal was signed and finalized to allow the construction of the largest automated port terminal in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman for handling mining products and metals. Deputy Head of the Port and Maritime Organization of Iran (PMOI) Mohammad Ali Hassanzadeh said.
Washington’s unilateral sanctions against Tehran began in November 2018. five months after US President Donald Trump withdrew from an international deal on Iran’s nuclear program.
Claiming that the bans were working properly. Trump tightened them in May. only to see that Iran was finding new solutions to recoup the losses.
Last month. Deputy Head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) Ali Asqar Masaheb announced that Iran will undertake new measures to further strengthen its non-oil exports with a new bill to be tabled at the Iranian Parliament.
Iranian officials started planning for policies to counter the US possible sanctions a year before Donald Trump entered into office in early 2017. The policies are now proving effective as economic indexes are indicating inefficacy of the US pressures.
Earlier in July. Iranian Industry Minister Reza Rahmani said that despite US efforts to cripple Tehran’s economy. year-on-year comparison shows that the country’s domestic production has increased in the first quarter of the local calendar year (March 21-June 21).
