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Iran’s East Azarbaijan province expands ties with neighbors

reporter 1222 — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:10:14 +0000

“The president has pointed to imports of necessary and sanctioned goods through border markets,” he said.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has recently visited East Azarbaijan province and inaugurated multiple projects in different sectors in the northwestern province of Iran.

“In addition to trade ties with regional countries, Aras Free Zone in East Azarbaijan Province has facilitated our economic trade with the neighboring countries and fortunately our needs for imports of livestock and necessary goods has been provided via the free zones,” he added.

“Iran has imported meat and livestock feed such as corn and soy alongside sugar from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) via the East Azarbaijan Province,” Pour-Mohammadi said.

“We import major part of our needs from Turkey and Azerbaijan and have good amount of exports to these countries as well,” he indicated.

“East Azerbaijan mostly exports agricultural goods to Iraq and Afghanistan,” he said.

“Although sanctions created obstacles, but the exports of Iranian textile and industrial goods have increased since they are affordable,” he noted.

“Now, many of our textile factories are re-opening. Sanctions are goods in a way that we’re self-sufficient and provide our needs domestically,” he added.

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East Azarbaijan exports hit $182m in one month

reporter 1222 — Wed, 29 May 2019 12:02:48 +0000

According to Director General of East Azarbaijan Customs Offices Leili Orangi, the figures register a 20% and 82% growth in tonnage and value, respectively compared with last year’s similar month.

Plastic materials and products had the lion’s share of the province’s exports with $43 million, he added.

Other products exported from East Azarbaijan include, mineral fuels, mineral oils and related products worth $28 million, fruits worth $22 million, machinery and mechanical tools and parts worth $16 million, cast iron and steel worth $12 million, copper and related products worth $12 million, and glass and related products with a value of $8 million.

Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan, China, Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Afghanistan, Italy and Pakistan were the northwestern Iranian province’s main export destinations.

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Exports from East Azerbaijan prov. up by 52%

reporter 1222 — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 06:51:43 +0000

According to Leyli Orangi, Customs Supervisor of East Azerbaijan Province, in the last Iranian fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019) 2,146,588 tons of goods worth over $1.873 billion were exported from the province, registering a 52 percent increase in terms of value and 43 percent increase in terms of weight compared to its previous year.

The exported goods mainly included plastics and plastic materials worth $356 million, cast iron and steel worth $303 million, mineral fuels and mineral oils worth $199 million, fruit worth $189 million, and grains worth $88 million.

The export target countries included Turkey ($558 million worth of exports), Iraq ($506 million), Armenia ($111 million), the Republic of Azerbaijan ($110 million), and Georgia ($109 million).

East Azerbaijan province imported 315,159 tons of goods worth over $974 million last year, which shows a 36 percent decrease in terms of weight and 9 percent decrease in terms of value compared to its previous year, according to Orangi.

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