Director general of the Ministry of Industries and Mines for exports affairs said that industrial exports reached $12 billion last year, indicating a 16 percent increase compared to figure for the previous year.
Hossein Esfandiari told IRNA that export of non-oil commodities, excluding technical and engineering services, stood at $12 billion during the period.
In the said period, the main export markets were the UAE, China, Iraq, India and Japan.
Meanwhile, petrochemical products worth over $804.4 million were exported in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (started March 20), indicating an increase of 82 percent compared to the figure for the same period last year.
Some $33 million worth of agricultural products were also exported, showing a 22 percent decrease compared to last year’s figure.
During the same period, metal products worth over $96 million were exported, indicating a 66 percent increase compared to the figure for the same period the previous year. Minerals worth $12 million were also exported, showing a 69 percent decrease from the figure for the same period the year before.