W. Azarbaijan H1 Exports Top $220m

EghtesadOnline: Some 514,000 tons of commodities worth $224 million were exported from West Azarbaijan Province in Iran’s northwest during the six months to Sept. 22, registering a 2% rise in value and a 38% decrease in tonnage compared with last year’s corresponding period, the head of West Azarbaijan Industries and Mines Organization announced.

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29 October 2017

Jafar Sadeq Eskandari added that Iraq was the biggest market for exports from West Azarbaijan during the period, with a 66% share, followed by Turkey with 25%.

During the same period, the province imported 227,000 tons of goods worth $380 million, up 3.8% in weight and down by 16% in value year-on-year, the Persian newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad reported.

Turkey had the highest share in the province’s imports with a 77% share in weight and 71% in value, according to Financial Tribune.

West Azarbaijan is one of the main agricultural hubs of Iran, as its 1.3 million hectares of arable land account for close to 6% of the country’s total agricultural production.

Watermelon, walnut, plum, tomato, almond and apple are the main agro products exported from the northwestern Iranian province.