IRICA says non-oil trade topped $43m in three months
The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced that in the first three months of the Iranian calendar year (began on March 20, 2025), the country’s total non-oil trade reached 43 million and 489 thousand tons, valued at 24 billion and 684 million dollars.
"In the first quarter of the current year, Iran's total non-oil trade reached 43 million and 489 thousand tons, valued at 24 billion and 684 million dollars," Faroud Asgari was reported as saying by Mehr news agency.
Asgari stressed that Iran's non-oil exports in the first quarter of the current year amounted to 34 million and 476 thousand tons, valued at 11 billion and 655 million dollars.
"Compared to the same period last year, the volume of these exported goods decreased by 9.3 percent in weight and 14.4 percent in value,” he added.
Asgari stated that the average customs value per ton of exported goods during this period was $338, which is 5.6 percent less than the same period last year.
“During this period, 11 million and 133 thousand tons of petrochemical products, valued at 4 billion and 684 million dollars, were exported, showing a decrease of 28.7 percent in weight and 24.5 percent in value," he said.
Regarding the main items of non-oil exports in the first quarter of the Iranian year 1404, Asgari said, "The five main non-oil export items during this period were liquefied propane with $874 million, liquefied butane with $611 million, methanol with $576 million, oil bitumen with $574 million, and natural gas with $456 million."
According to Asgari, "China with $3.511 billion, Iraq with $1.905 billion, the United Arab Emirates with $1.592 billion, Turkey with $937 million, Afghanistan with $510 million, Oman with $437 million, and Pakistan with $420 million were the seven main destination countries for our non-oil exports in the first quarter of the current year."
Regarding the volume of imports in the first quarter, he added, "During this period, 9 million and 13 thousand tons of goods valued at 13 billion and 29 million dollars were imported into the country, which decreased by 4.35 percent in weight and 11.73 percent in value."
Asgari also said the average customs value per ton of imported goods was $1,446, showing a 7.7 percent decrease compared to the same period last year.
According to the IRICA chief, the main imported items in the current year's quarter included gold in unwrought forms valued at $965 million, animal feed corn at $883 million, rice at $500 million, sunflower seed oil at $493 million, and mobile phones at $372 million.
"The main trading partner countries for imports with Iran in the first quarter of the Iranian year 1404 included the United Arab Emirates with $3.886 billion, China with $3.428 billion, Turkey with $1.986 billion, India with $514 million, Germany with $454 million, the Russian Federation with $354 million, and the Netherlands with $340 million," he said.