INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- The value of non-oil export from Isfahan province increased by 38 percent during the first two months of the current Iranian
calendar year (March 21-May 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the director-general of the customs department of
the province announced.Rasoul Kouhestani-Pajouh said that 280,000 tons of products worth $248.939 million were exported from the province in
the mentioned 2-month period, indicating one percent growth in terms of weight year on year.He named Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan,
$7.513 billion, and that of import at 4.732 million tons valued at $7.941 billion.He said that the export rose 12.6 percent in weight, but
dropped 13.7 percent in value, and import fell 8.7 percent in weight and 4.7 percent in value in the first two months of this year, as
compared to the same period of time in the previous year.He named China, Iraq, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and India as the top
five export destinations of Iranian non-oil goods in the mentioned two months, and China, the UAE, Turkey, Germany, and Russia as the top
five sources of import.MA
