China main exporter and importer of Iranian goods

EghtesadOnline: China was simultaneously the main exporter and importer of Iranian goods, according to latest estimates of Iran’s trade volume in the past 11 months.

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27 February 2017

China is still the main customer of the goods from Iran and during the mentioned period the volume of Iran’s non-oil trade to china amounted to $7.29 billion, indicating a 6.91 % increase compared with the corresponding period of last year.

Other major export destinations included the UAE with $6.14 billion, Iraq with $5.51 billion, Turkey with $2.95 billion and South Korea with $2.69 billion worth of Iranian goods, ISNA reported.

Major exporters to Iran included China ($9.37 billion), the UAE ($5.79 billion), South Korea ($3.27 billion), Turkey ($2.38 billion) and Germany ($2.17 billion). Imports from the UAE, South Korea and Turkey fell by 15.02%, 9.57% and 10.99% respectively.