TEHRAN -- Iran's export of non-oil commodities to Afghanistan reached $369 million in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2005). This shows 100% growth compared with the corresponding period last year.
This amount of export weighed 524,000 tons.
Medications, painting, detergent products, biscuits, candies, chocolates, soft drinks, mineral water, sheets and cartoons, carpets, stones and construction materials, cement, cloths, shoes, metal concentrate are some of the products exported to Afghanistan in the said period.
Other goods exported in this period include industrial oils, chemical products, petrochemicals, different types of pipes, metal products, iron, and steel.
Household appliances, machineries, industrial equipment, tractors, auto parts, and tires have been also exported to that country.
It is predicted that the volume of the industrial export to Afghanistan will hit $500 million by the end of the current Iranian year, falling on March 20, 2006.
© Tehran Times 2006
