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Iran’s foreign trade keeps upward trend during Raisi’s term: IRICA
About 347 million tons of goods, valued at over $137.8 billion, were exported from the country between August 2021 and April 22, 2024, showing a 17.19 and 1.5 percent hike in terms of value and weight respectively compared to the same period in the previous administration, it said, wrote Tasnim News Agency.
The report added that $48 billion of products were exported from the country in 2021, showing a 40 percent hike compared to a year earlier. More than $53 billion of products were imported into the country in 2021, showing a 36 percent hike compared to a year before, it noted.
IRICA put the export of non-oil goods in 2022 at $53 billion, showing about 10 percent increase compared to a year earlier.
The country imported $59 billion of products in 2022, registering a 13 percent hike compared to a year before.
Iran exported about $87 billion worth of products including oil, electricity, technical and engineering services last year (ended March 19, 2024), showing a 58% hike compared to a year earlier, the report said.
A helicopter carrying President Raisi and his entourage crashed in northwestern mountainous forests on May 19.
The crash killed President Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Friday prayers leader of Tabriz Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Al-e-Hashem, Governor of East Azarbaijan Malek Rahmati, the commander of the president’s security team, two pilots and a flight crew.