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22% Hike in Non-Oil Exports |
Iran’s non-oil exports increased by 22%
during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started 21
March 2003) compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year to hit
$4,603,800,000.
During the same period, the value of
carry-on trade stood at $36.4 million while respective figures for border
markets exports equaled $285.6 million and total worth of non-oil exports
excluding market and carry-on trade stood at $4,181,800,000.
Non-oil commodities exported during
these nine months weighed 10,690,700 tons, up by 4.3% in comparison to the
corresponding period of the preceding year. The 4.3% increase in weight and
22% hike in value of non-oil exports have been attributed to increased price
of industrial, petrochemical and agricultural products. During that period,
the biggest slump in the price of export commodities pertained to the mineral
sector and the highest hike was related to agricultural commodities.
About 55% of total value of non-oil
exports during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year
related to 10 major export goods. Major export goods during the nine months of
the current year included pistachios and pistachio kernels; hand-woven
carpets; gas liquids, propane, butane and so forth; other industrial goods;
ironware and steel; other petrochemical products; garments; wrought aluminum;
benzene and its derivatives; as well as lubricant and grease that accounted
for $579.7 million, $397.2 million; $318 million, $260 million, $189.2
million, $158.7 million, $125.6 million, $123.9 million, $74.7 million and $73
million, respectively.
During the same nine months, 22,708,500
tons various non-oil goods worth $19,709,500,000 were imported. The import
figure showed a 22.4% increase in terms of value and 34.2% rise in terms of
weight compared to the corresponding period of the preceding year.
The average price of every ton of
imported non-oil products stood at about $840, down by 8.7% in comparison to
the corresponding figure of the preceding year. During that period, industrial
and mechanical machinery and tools accounted for the highest weight share of
imports while accounting for 17.7% of total value of imported goods. During
the first month of the current Iranian calendar year the highest hike in value
of imports was related to maize at 139.9% and the least growth in imports
value pertained to paper and cardboard.
The top 10 import commodities during the
nine months of the current Iranian calendar year included industrial and
mechanical machinery ($3,508,300,000), ironware ($2,083,800,000), electrical
industrial tools ($1,484,500,000), raw materials for plastic ($705.2 million),
chemicals ($680.3 million), road construction machinery, cranes and
agricultural machinery ($590.1 million), vegetable oil ($453.3 million),
medicines ($363.9 million), paper and cardboard ($340.2 million) and maize
($326.6 million).
