“Our main exported products were textile, tuna, different kinds of food products, bags and footwear dispatched mainly to Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan and China,” Abbas Alizadeh was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
According to the official, over 2,400 cooperatives are active in Gilan with close to 202,000 members.
“These cooperatives, in which 10.63 trillion rials [$41.69 million] were invested, have so far created 40,200 direct jobs in the province,” he added.