Call for Focusing on Alternative Carpet Export Markets
The United States’ ban on Iranian products will result in the loss of US and UAE’s markets for Iranian carpets, hence it is necessary for exporters to focus on alternative markets such as Germany, Russia and Oman, Deputy Industries Minister Sadeq Najafi said. Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, the United States, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon […]
China, Russia, S Africa, new markets for Iranian handwoven carpets
Head of Iran National Carpet Center Hamid Kargar said that Iran’s handwoven carpet has found new markets in China, Russia and South Africa as well as some Latin American countries, along with its traditional markets like US, Germany and Italy. Speaking in an interview with MNA correspondent on Tuesday, he added, “typically, Iran’s handwoven carpet […]
Hand-woven carpet exports up 22% in 10 months yr/yr
TEHRAN- “Iran exported $336 million of hand-woven carpets in the first ten months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2017- January 20, 2018), showing an increase of 22 percent compared to the same period of time in the past year,” ISNA reported on Friday quoting Hamid Kargar, the head of Iran’s National Carpet […]
Handmade carpet exports at $221m
TEHRAN- Iran exported $221 million worth of hand-woven carpets during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21, 2017), IRIB quoted Hamid Kargar, the head of Iran’s National Carpet Center, as saying. Some $153 million worth of hand-woven carpets were exported during the first half of the year, showing an […]
Iranian hand-woven carpet exports jump 13% in 6 months
TEHRAN- “Iran exported $153 million of hand-woven carpets during the first half of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21- September 22, 2017), showing an increase of 13 percent in terms of value,” IRIB new quoted Hamid Kargar, the head of Iran’s National Carpet Center, as saying on Wednesday. Iran’s exports of hand-woven carpets in […]