Iran exports $24bln of non-oil products

Iran has exported almost $24bln worth of non-oil products during the last seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21 - October 22), a senior Iranian customs official announced on Wednesday.The value of non-oil exports, including gas condensates, amounted to $23.95 billion in the last seven months of the current year," Head of Iran's Customs Office Abbas Me'marnejad told FNA. "Based on the statistical figures released by the Customs Office, exports of non-oil products have witnessed 39.5% of growth in the first 6 months and 35.5% in the last 7 months compared with the same period last year," Me'marnejad added. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in August that the oil-rich country is prepared to increase its non-oil exports to more than 45 billion dollars in the current Iranian year. President Ahmadinejad went on to say that Iran's non-oil exports surpassed $30billion in the past year. Iran's non-oil export items mainly include gas condensates, mineral fuels, chemical products, plastics, fruits, nuts, fertilizers and carpets.