Iran's non-oil exports hit $39b

Head of Iran Trade Promotion Organization announced on Saturday that 39 billion dollars worth of non-oil products exported in the first ten months of the current Iranian calendar year, started March 20, 2011). Hamidreza Safdel added that the figure showed a rise of 32 percent compared to the corresponding period last year. He reiterated that the non-oil exports, including gas condensates, weighed 62 million tons, indicating a seven percent increase compared to the previous year. Safdel said the government plans to boost the value of the non-oil exports to $45 billion by the end of current Iranian year.