EghtesadOnline: More than 3 million square meters of handmade carpets are annually woven in Iran, two-thirds of which are exported and the rest is used to meet the domestic demand, the head of Iran National Carpet Center said.

EghtesadOnline: More than 3,000 tons of hand-woven carpets worth $269 million were exported from Iran during the eight months to Nov. 21, registering a 31% rise compared with the similar period of last year, the head of Iran National Carpet Center announced.

EghtesadOnline: More than $150 million worth of hand-woven carpets were exported from Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), registering a 13% rise compared with the corresponding period of last year, the head of Iran’s National Carpet Center said.