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President: Iran's Non-Oil Exports Up by 42%

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that the country's non-oil exports increased by 42% in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to June 21, 2011).

"Iran's non-oil exports experienced a 42% growth in the last three months," Ahmadinejad said in a cabinet meeting on Sunday.

He also reiterated that if Iran continues the current trend of growth, the country's non-oil exports will reach $45bln by March 2012.

"This will be a great event aspired by many," Ahmadinejad said.

Earlier, Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi had underscored that Iran has the capability to further decrease the role of oil in its budget revenues, and said Tehran plans to boost non-oil exports to $45bln this year.

"Creating 2.5mln job opportunities all across the country and increasing Iran's non-oil exports to $45bln are on the agenda of the government (this year)," Rahimi said in the Northern province of Semnan in May.

Stressing that attaining the aforementioned goals needs hardworking and industriousness of the people and government, the Iranian vice-president praised Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei's initiative in naming the Iranian new year (March 21, 2011 to March 20, 2012) as 'the Year of Economic Jihad'.

In a Nowrouz (Persian New Year) congratulatory message Ayatollah Khamenei called for concerted efforts by the Iranian nation and officials to prepare the grounds for a decade of economic growth.

Iran had earlier announced that it plans to boost its non-oil exports to $80bln within the next five years.

According to a cabinet approval signed and issued in March by a number of cabinet ministers who are also members of Iran's High Council for the Promotion of Non-Oil Exports (HCPE), the country's non-oil exports in the current Iranian year will raise to $43bln out of which $31bln will be gained through exporting goods and $12bln through exporting services.

The approval also predicted a gradual growth for Iran's non-oil exports in coming years, and said the country's non-oil exports will increase to $43bln, $50.5bln, $59bln, $69bln and $80bln in the next five years, respectively.

According to official reports, Iran's non-oil products are exported to 160 countries of the world. China, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Belgium are the main destinations and markets of the Iranian products.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9004203114

If that happens, it would be huuuuuge. ^^

Non-oil Iranian export = Asylum seekers. They've been arriving by leaky boats on the West Australian coast in their hundreds over the past year. Our governemnt has recently signed a deal with Malaysia were we get 4000 Christian burmese refugees currently being held in Malaysia in exchange for 800 that have arrived by boat illegally in Australia. They will most likely be caned when they get to Malaysia. :ohno:

Iran Increases Exports by 45%

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran's Customs Office Abbas Memarnejad announced that the country's exports increased by 45% in the first three months of the new Iranian year (March 21-June 21, 2011).

'"We had $10bln of exports, including gas condensates, in the first three months of the current year, which shows a 45% growth compared with the same period last year," Memarnejad told reporters on Wednesday.

He also reiterated that Iran imported $13bln worth of goods in the first three months of the current year, which shows a 0.4% of decrease compared with the same period last year.

Earlier this week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had also announced that the country's non-oil exports increased by 42% in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to June 21, 2011).

"Iran's non-oil exports experienced a 42% growth in the last three months," Ahmadinejad said in a cabinet meeting on Sunday.

He also reiterated that if Iran continues the current trend of growth, the country's non-oil exports will reach $45bln by March 2012.

Meantime, Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi had in May underscored that Iran has the capability to further decrease the role of oil in its budget revenues, and said Tehran plans to boost non-oil exports to $45bln this year.

"Creating 2.5mln job opportunities all across the country and increasing Iran's non-oil exports to $45bln are on the agenda of the government (this year)," Rahimi said in the Northern province of Semnan.

Stressing that attaining the aforementioned goals needs hardworking and industriousness of the people and government, the Iranian vice-president praised Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei's initiative in naming the Iranian new year (March 21, 2011 to March 20, 2012) as 'the Year of Economic Jihad'.

In a Nowrouz (Persian New Year) congratulatory message Ayatollah Khamenei called for concerted efforts by the Iranian nation and officials to prepare the grounds for a decade of economic growth.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9004221127

Non-oil Iranian export = Asylum seekers. They've been arriving by leaky boats on the West Australian coast in their hundreds over the past year. Our governemnt has recently signed a deal with Malaysia were we get 4000 Christian burmese refugees currently being held in Malaysia in exchange for 800 that have arrived by boat illegally in Australia. They will most likely be caned when they get to Malaysia. :ohno:

You're an idiot and a lier.

Tehran hosts Persian Carpet Exhibition

Saman Kojouri, Press TV, Tehran



Different types of Persian carpets have been put on display in the 10-day festival in Tehran.
Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of Persian culture and art, which dates back to ancient Persia.
According to official sources, Iran's export of Persian carpets reached almost 450 million dollars in 2010 with the weight volume of nearly 7 thousand tones.
There is an estimated population of 1.2 million weavers in Iran, producing carpets for domestic markets and international export.
Iran exports carpets to more than 100 countries, as hand-woven rugs are one of its main non-oil export items.
One of the interesting parts of this exhibition is nomad carpets section.
Carpets and kilims are important for the daily life of the nomads. Keeping their own animals provides them with materials for their weavings.
The most important importers of Persian carpet include the U.S., Germany, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Japan.

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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/188956.html

You're an idiot and a lier.Umm, I live in Australia so i know what's going on regarding Iranian asylum seekers. What I wrote is all true.

Umm, I live in Australia so i know what's going on regarding Iranian asylum seekers. What I wrote is all true.

somebody ban this idiot troll

Umm, I live in Australia so i know what's going on regarding Iranian asylum seekers. What I wrote is all true.

resource of your claims?

This topic is about NON-OIL EXPORTS only!!

This topic is about NON-OIL EXPORTS only!!

I'm sorry to have ruined your topic but I bet this guy doesn't even know the difference between Iran and Iraq. ;)

I'm sorry to have ruined your topic but I bet this guy doesn't even know the difference between Iran and Iraq. ;)

True.:lol:

I guess he is an American.:lol:

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'Iran non-oil exports to surpass $45bn'

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the country plans to expand its non-oil exports to more than 45 billion dollars in the current Iranian calendar year.


The Iranian chief executive made the remark in a Thursday ceremony for the launch of a number of industrial projects in Eastern Azerbaijan province, IRIB website reported.

President Ahmadinejad went on to say that Iran's non-oil exports surpassed 30 billion dollars in the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20).

Iran's non-oil export items mainly include gas condensates, mineral fuels, chemical products, plastics, fruits, nuts and fertilizers.


http://presstv.com/detail/189056.html

45 billion is nothing. We need at least something between 90-100 billion.

There are reports that Iran's oil export will bring about 95-100 billion for Iran. Plus the 45 billion non-oil exports, we should have an income from about 150 billion dollars. This would be a record for us.

President: Iran Plans to Increase Non-Oil Exports to $45bln

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined Iran's capability to further decrease the country's dependence on oil in budget revenues, and said Tehran plans to boost non-oil exports up to $45bln in the current Iranian year (started on March 21).


Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a Thursday ceremony for the launch of a number of industrial projects in Eastern Azerbaijan province, Northwestern Iran.

President Ahmadinejad went on to say that Iran's non-oil exports surpassed $30bln in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 20).

Iran had earlier announced that it plans to boost its non-oil exports to $80bln within the next five years.

According to a cabinet approval signed and issued in March by a number of cabinet ministers who are also members of Iran's High Council for the Promotion of Non-Oil Exports (HCPE), the country's non-oil exports in the current Iranian year will raise to $43bln out of which $31bln will be gained through exporting goods and $12bln through exporting services.

The approval also predicted a gradual growth for Iran's non-oil exports, and said the country's non-oil exports will increase to $43bln, $50.5bln, $59bln, $69bln and $80bln in the next five years, respectively.

According to official reports, Iran's non-oil products are exported to 160 countries of the world. China, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Belgium are the main destinations and markets of the Iranian products.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9004230350

Iran to export 2 million metric tons of wheat - Press TV News

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Iran Exports Up by 45%

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran's Customs Office Abbas Me'marnejad announced that the country's exports have witnessed a remarkable increase during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21, 2011).

Me'marnejad said on Tuesday that Iran's exports experienced a 45% jump in the first quarter of the current Iranian year compared with the same period last year.

He also forecasted that the volume of Iran's trade turnover, including exports of non-oil products, imports, and transit of commodities, will rise to $150 billion this year.

The official noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran exported $10 billion worth of gas condensates during the first three months.

Earlier this month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined Iran's capability to further decrease the country's dependence on oil in budget revenues, and said Tehran plans to boost non-oil exports up to $45bln in the current Iranian year.

Iran had earlier announced that it plans to boost its non-oil exports to $80bln within the next five years.

According to a cabinet approval signed and issued in March by a number of cabinet ministers who are also members of Iran's High Council for the Promotion of Non-Oil Exports (HCPE), the country's non-oil exports in the current Iranian year will raise to $43bln out of which $31bln will be gained through exporting goods and $12bln through exporting services.

The approval also predicted a gradual growth for Iran's non-oil exports, and said the country's non-oil exports will increase to $43bln, $50.5bln, $59bln, $69bln and $80bln in the next five years, respectively.

According to official reports, Iran's non-oil products are exported to 160 countries of the world. China, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Belgium are the main destinations and markets of the Iranian products.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9004295075

Iran trade value to top $150bn

Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Customs Administration Abbas Memarnejad forecasts the country's trade transactions to witness a substantial increase for the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).


Memarnejad said on Tuesday that the volume of Iran's trade turnover -- including export of non-oil products, import, and transit of commodities, will rise to $150 billion for the period, IRIB reported.

He added that Iran's exports experienced a 45-percent jump in the first quarter of the current Iranian year in comparison with the figure recorded for the corresponding period last year.

The official noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran exported $10 billion worth of gas condensates during the same period.

According to figures released by Iran's Customs Administration, the Islamic Republic exported about 7.4 billion dollars of non-oil items, excluding gas condensates during the previous first quarter of last year -- March 21-June 21.

The exported items included mineral fuels, chemical products, plastics, fruits, nuts and fertilizers.

Singapore, South Korea, Turkey, Indonesia and Japan were among the top 20 destinations for Iranian export items.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on July 14 that Iran plans to expand its non-oil exports to more than 45 billion dollars in the current Iranian calendar year.

Meanwhile, Iran's imports reached about $13.7 billion between March 21 and June 21.

The majority of import items included machineries, iron and steel, electrical systems and grain. Iran imported the commodities mainly from China, Belgium, Ukraine and Malaysia.

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http://presstv.com/detail/189901.html

Iran electricity export soars 16.5%
Tehran Times Economic Desk

TEHRAN – Iran has exported over 2,402 GW/h of electricity since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21).

The amount shows 16.5 percent increase in comparison to the corresponding period previous year, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported.

Iran currently exchanges electricity with Pakistan, Armenia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Republic of Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Nakhichevan.

http://tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=244679

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Iran merges ministries to boost export

While in Iran the merger of ministries according to article 53 of the country's fifth five-year development plan continues to make headlines government officials say merging the ministry of Industries and mines with the ministry of commerce will help Iran move away from an oil-based economy.

Representatives of the two ministries have explained how.

Ahmad Khadem Al-Melle, Iran's Deputy Minister of Industries & Mines says: "In order for the new ministry of industries, mines and trade to pave the way for more non-oil exports our team of experts has carefully studied the potential markets in countries that we do business with, and we have defined 400 different projects that we have the capacity to carry out in those courtiers… this will revolutionize our industrial and economic structure … In line with our policy to boost non-oil exports we will also support and empower the private sector".

Iranian officials say the private sector can play a very important role because Iran's 75-million-strong market is not something businesspeople can easily ignore. Even European entrepreneurs are still keen to do business despite US pressure. Exports to Europe have increased by 14% only in the first six months of 2011 and according to statistics Iran's non-oil exports which used to make up only 18% of the country's total trade in 2005 have now increased to 30% while in the same period Iranian officials have managed to decrease imports from 80 to 70% of the total trade.

According to head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, Hamid Safdel, the governement has managed to export goods and services worth 36 billion dollars last year and this year we've set the target at 45 billion dollars. Considering that non-oil exports in the first three months of the year have reached 10 billion dollars the government can easily hit the target of 45 billion dollars that has been set for this year.

Iran exported only one unit of non-oil goods and services for every three units of imports in 2005. Today exports have grown by 26% to a 2 to one proportion. Now the officials have set the target to balance out imports and exports; knowing that the promotion of value added export of indigenous products requires a well-planned road map.

Boosting non-oil exports is one of the main objectives of this merger and the proposed minister Mehdi Ghazanfari will be presenting his plan to the parliament at the end of the month.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/190783.html

Iran electricity export soars 16.5%
Tehran Times Economic Desk

TEHRAN – Iran has exported over 2,402 GW/h of electricity since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21).

The amount shows 16.5 percent increase in comparison to the corresponding period previous year, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported.

Iran currently exchanges electricity with Pakistan, Armenia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Republic of Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Nakhichevan.

http://tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=244679

Nakhchivan is an autonomous part of the Azerbaijani territory, I don't know why Tehran Times has named it separately. political goals? :nuts:

Iran's hand-woven carpet exports to China hit $5.5m in 2010
Tabriz, East Azarbaijan prov, July 25, IRNA - Hand-woven carpets worth $5.5 million were exported to China last year (ended March 20), said head of Iran's National Carpet Center.

Talking to IRNA, Faysal Mardasi added that this is while the figure for the year 2009 hardly hit $400,000.

Stating that a good leap is seen in carpet export in 2010, he also noted that if carry-on-luggage is added to the amount of export in 2010, the figure will rise considerably.

The increasing trend of carpet export to China indicates that grounds are prepared for raising exports to the country, Mardasi said.

Referring to holding two carpet exhibitions in China during the past four months and dispatch of a commercial delegation to the country, he said that given the high capacity of the Chinese market, Iranian merchants can promote their exports to the country.
http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30492200

Seems like China is really fitting the gap for everything.

Iran intends to raise power export to Iraq

TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iran plans to increase power export to Iraq to 1250 MW.

The agreement came following a meeting attended by Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou and Iraqi Electricity Minister Raad Shallal al-Ani in Tehran on Monday.

“Pursuit of khorramshahr power line project was one of the issues emphasized by Iraqi side and that the project will be accomplished by summer 2012 after resolving technical problems. The project will boost Iran’s power export capacity to Iraq up to 1250 MW” Namjou said.

Iraqi Electricity Minister on his part said, “Iran’s current power export to Iraq hits 800 MW, but it will amount to 1250 MW following new agreements.”

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http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1814217&Lang=E


Iraqi Electricity Min: Iran and Iraq electricity networks to be connected in 3 years’ time

Tehran, July 25, IRNA – Iraq’s Electricity Minister said here Monday Tehran-Baghdad relations on electricity field is at best level now and our efforts are aimed at connecting the two countries’ electricity networks within the next three years’ time.
Iraqi Electricity Min: Iran and Iraq electricity networks to be connected in 3 years’ time
According to the IRNA Economic Desk reporter, the Iraqi Electricity Minister Raad Shalal Saeid who was speaking with the reporters after his talks with his Iranian counterpart Majid Namjou, added, “After the implementation of the agreement and the connection of the two countries’ electricity networks a sold network would emerge and Iran’s electricity would be exported through it to Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon, and this solid network would be controlled from a single central center.”
He added, “In accordance with the reached agreements, the programs would be implemented in separate phases and in each phase the program related to the next phase would be put forth for agreement.”
The Iraqi Electricity Minster said, “These programs would be devised in a way to have tangible and implementable objectives.”
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http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30492412&SRCH=1


Energy Min: Iran to export 250,000 megawatts of electricity to Iraq in 2012
Tehran, July 26, IRNA -- IRI Energy Minister said here Monday Iran is exporting 800 megawatts to Iraq now, which would increase to 250,000 megawatts in summer of 2012 after completion of electricity export project to that country.
Energy Min: Iran to export 250,000 megawatts of electricity to Iraq in 2012
According to an IRNA Economic Desk reporter, Majid Namjou who was speaking on the sidelines of his talks with the Iraqi Electricity Minister Raad Shalal Saeid added in a meeting with the press, “Putting to use the 400 kilowatt Karkheh line was among the axes of our talks and keeping in mind the moves made by both sides, we hope by the summer of next year this capacity for exporting electricity to Iraq would be operationalized.”
He said that the other project emphasized by the Iraqi side in our talks was the Khorramshahr-Abu Folus line, adding, “By dispatching teams of technicians and solving the existing problems the difficulties related to this line, too, would be eliminated and in the summer of 2012 the capacity of our country for exporting electricity to Iraq would reach the 1,250 megawatts limit.”
Namjou referred to his meeting with the Iraqi Electricity Minister a while ago on the margins of the Vienna Conference on New Energies, adding, “In that meeting in order to expand bilateral cooperation in electricity field, the ministers of the two countries visited the electricity facilities of each others’ countries and studied the ground for cooperation.”
The Energy Minister added, “The Iraqi Electricity Minister has come to Iran and he would visit the various parts of the Iranian electricity industries.”
According to Namjou, the Iraqi Electricity Minister would in his visit of Iran also visit the Mapna Industrial Complex, which is manufacturing gas turbines and generators.
The Energy Minister referred to Iraq’s debts to Iran for the exported electricity to that country, saying, “The Iraqi side has promised to pursue the matter and see into its proper payment.”
According to Namjou, the construction and installment of the power generator needed for this project, and the required repairs, constructing the distribution and synchronizing posts of the two countries’ electricity networks were the other axes of the two countries’ negotiations, for pursuing which groups of technicians of the two countries would be established.
He added, “In order to implement these programs the draft of a letter of understanding has been prepared to be signed by the two sides and the Iraqi side would at the end of its visit of Iran express its opinion on the matter.
Focusing on synchronizing the two countries’ electricity networks, Namjou said that the most important factor in exporting electricity is that the two countries’ electricity networks would be synchronized with each other.
He added, “Keeping in mind the differences in the level of qualities of the country’s electricity, in order to materialize the export objective, it has been agreed that facilities at a region in the importer country would synchronize the imported electricity before connecting it with the Iraqi electricity network.”
The Energy Minister said that thanks to employing modern technologies, and the advancements in our country’s electricity network, in very near future we would be able to export electricity to other countries resorting to modern technologies.

http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30492450

Nakhchivan is an autonomous part of the Azerbaijani territory, I don't know why Tehran Times has named it separately. political goals? :nuts:

lol who knows...

Good to see that unlike these Arabs we can produce services and goods and export them. Without oil, the Arabs would still live in deserts.

Good to see that unlike these Arabs we can produce services and goods and export them. Without oil, the Arabs would still live in deserts.

they still do :lol:
instead of riding camels they are riding imported cars though. With time, they will go back to camels.

they still do :lol:
instead of riding camels they are riding imported cars though. With time, they will go back to camels.

wasn't this a quote from kennedy? he said about arabs something like that.

You wouldn't want to wish for that as they would start heading to Iran like the Mexicans go to the US. Then you would wish for them to have there oil to keep them occupied?

Nakhchivan is an autonomous part of the Azerbaijani territory, I don't know why Tehran Times has named it separately. political goals? :nuts:

its allways like that, even in geography books they say azerbaycan and naxcivan
its not political, its that when u say azerbaycan rep most think only the one country , they need to mention the separate landmass so people know its also included
its like this everywhere

its allways like that, even in geography books they say azerbaycan and naxcivan
its not political, its that when u say azerbaycan rep most think only the one country , they need to mention the separate landmass so people know its also included
its like this everywhere

Do they mention the Kurdistan of Iraq separately as well? Do they mention the Autonomous republic of Crimea separately from Ukraine as well? in geography maps they do so just to be precise but they always inform the reader that the land is contained in another sovereign state.

Autonomous republic of Crimea, I did not know that was a republic!

Do they mention the Kurdistan of Iraq separately as well? Do they mention the Autonomous republic of Crimea separately from Ukraine as well? in geography maps they do so just to be precise but they always inform the reader that the land is contained in another sovereign state.

the thing is that nakhjavan is physically separated from azerbaycan rep, its considered a different land geographically

You wouldn't want to wish for that as they would start heading to Iran like the Mexicans go to the US. Then you would wish for them to have there oil to keep them occupied?

Pakistan is going to hit 250 million in a couple od decades and Afghans are having 15 kids each (they will prolly match IRan's pop'n one day). W're gonna be over-run eventually :lol:

the thing is that nakhjavan is physically separated from azerbaycan rep, its considered a different land geographically

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Iran to Increase Technical Exports

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian economic official announced that the country plans to boost the volume of export of its technical and engineering services to $4.5bln by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20)

Sohrab Salimi, an official with Iran Trade Development Organization, reiterated on Wednesday that the country has exported $604mln worth of engineering and technical services during the first four months of the Iranian calendar year.

Most of the exported services have been sent to Belarus, Salimi said.

Other importers of Iran's technical services included Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Pakistan, the official added.

Earlier, an Iranian trade official had announced that Iran's exports of technical and engineering services to the other countries in 2009 have surpassed $3bln worth in value despite the ongoing global economic recession.

"During 1387 (March 2008 to March 2009) a total number of 81 projects with a (total) value of $2.5bln have been concluded and the average value for each project stood at $31mln, while the number of projects concluded during the last year (2009-2010) reached 58 with an average value of 48mln (for each project)," Deputy Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran for Trade Assistance Kioumars Fathollah Kemanshahi said in 2010.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005120827

Official: Iran Plans to Boost Non-Oil Exports to $45bln

TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Head of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization Kioumars Fathollah Kermanshahi underlined Iran's capability to further decrease the country's dependence on oil revenues, and said Tehran plans to increase non-oil exports up to $45bln in the current Iranian year (started on March 21).

This year Iran has foreseen "$45bln of non-oil exports", Fathollah Kermanshahi said on Wednesday.

He reiterated that the 45-billion-dollar non-oil exports will include $14.5bln of industrial products, $14bln of petrochemical products, $4.5bln of agricultural products, $4bln of gas condensates, $3bln of mining products, $4bln of technical and engineering services and $1bln of carpets and handicrafts.

Iran had earlier announced that it plans to boost its non-oil exports to $80bln within the next five years.

According to a cabinet approval signed and issued in March by a number of cabinet ministers who are also members of Iran's High Council for the Promotion of Non-Oil Exports (HCPE), the country's non-oil exports in the current Iranian year will raise to $43bln out of which $31bln will be gained through exporting goods and $12bln through exporting services.

The approval also predicted a gradual growth for Iran's non-oil exports, and said the country's non-oil exports will increase to $43bln, $50.5bln, $59bln, $69bln and $80bln in the next five years, respectively.

According to official reports, Iran's non-oil products are exported to 160 countries of the world. China, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Belgium are the main destinations and markets of the Iranian products.


http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005120998

Iranian Province Exports over 9mln Worth of Handicrafts

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Western province of Hamedan has exported $9.176mln worth of handicrafts since the beginning of the current Iranian year (started on March 21), a provincial economic official announced on Wednesday.

"Since the beginning of the current year $9.176 worth of handicrafts weighing 1,936 tons has been exported to other world countries from Hamedan's customs office," Head of Hamedan's Commerce Organization Mohammad Mehdi Farshchi Movahhed told FNA.

Farshchi Movahhed described potteries as the most important exported product of the province, and said $6.8mln worth of potteries has been exported since the beginning of the current year.

Iran announced in March that it plans to boost its non-oil exports to $80bln within the next five years.

According to a cabinet approval signed and issued in March by a number of cabinet ministers who are also members of Iran's High Council for the Promotion of Non-Oil Exports (HCPE), the country's non-oil exports in the current Iranian year will raise to $43bln out of which $31bln will be gained through exporting goods and $12bln through exporting services.

The approval also predicted a gradual growth for Iran's non-oil exports, and said the country's non-oil exports will increase to $43bln, $50.5bln, $59bln, $69bln and $80bln in the next five years, respectively.

According to official reports, Iran's non-oil products are exported to 160 countries of the world. China, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Belgium are the main destinations and markets of the Iranian products.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005122049

Iran Exported $160 Million Fisheries Last Year
According to official data, the Islamic Republic of Iran has exported almost $160 million of fisheries during the previous Iranian calendar year which ended on March 20.

The data released by Iran Customs Administration shows that 44,501,364 Kilograms of fisheries was exported by Iran during 2010-2011.
The value of exported fisheries by Iran was estimated at $159,488,425.
The data also revealed that Iran imported 83,619,310 Kilograms of fisheries during the above mentioned period with a value of $91,007,942.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=819346

Iran Fisheries Exports Surge $31 Mln in Q1

The head of market development for Iran Fisheries Organization said Iran's fisheries exports in the first quarter of this year have increased by $31 million.

Eisa Golshahi said that Iran has exported 9,220 metric tons of fisheries during the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 20.

According to Golshahi, Iranian fisheries exports have increased by 23 percent in weight and $31 million in value during the above mentioned time.

Iraq is a potential market for Iranian fisheries and Iran's export of such products to the neighbor country has increased by more than 10 folds.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=820336

Iran’s Food Exports Surged 22 Percent

Iran’s food exports capacity has increased 22 percent last year.

The capacity of food exports by Iran during the previous Iranian calendar year ending March 20 has increased to near 1 million metric tons by weight and $1.686 billion in value, according to Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry and Mines Mahdi Sadeghi.

“Iranian food products have a great potential for export due to the variety, quality, technology and packaging,“ Sadeghi said.

The share of food products from Iran’s total non-metal industry exports adds up to over 15 percent and holds 4.5 percent of the country’s total non-oil exports, he added.

He insisted Iranian produced food products have been exported to more than 100 countries worldwide including neighbor countries, Central Asia, Persian Gulf states, Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland, India, France, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden and Japan.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=815486

Iranian Saffron Export to Surpass 110,000 Tons

Iranian Saffron production is well and expected to surpass 110,000 tons of exports this year.

The head of Iranian Saffron Exporting Union said with the current desirable situation of Iranian saffron production, it is expected that the country's annual exports will surpass 110,000 tons this year.

Gholamreza Miri said that the European saffron exports consider Iran as a strong rival for their business and they believe that the very suitable price of Iranian high quality saffron has caused them huge losses because they can not compete in the market.

It is expected that Iran will surpass the export of 110,000 tons of saffron this year and set a new record in this regard, Miri added.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=810741

Iran Starts Milk Exports to Dubai

Iran has dispatched the first raw milk shipment to Dubai.

Iran's first shipment of milk which was 100 metric tons was dispatched to the Persian Gulf country last night.

The Managing Director of Iran's Agricultural & Animal Husbandry Company (FKA), Jamshid Jalilnejad has said his company has signed a contract with Dubai to export 100 tons of milk per day for a period of one year.

The high quality and decent price of Iranian milk makes it attractive for other countries to import, he added.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=812340

Iran Dried Fruits Export Reaches $2 Bln

Exporting of dried fruits by Iran will exceed $2 billion by the end of the year.

Asadollah Asgaroladi, a member of Iran Export Confederation and the president for Iran-China Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Mines said that Iranian dried fruits export will exceed $2 billion by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (ending Mar 20).

Asgaroladi also announced that Iran has exported $1.5 billion of dried fruits during the previous Iranian calendar year which ended on March 20 and insisted that with the current rate of growth in exporting such products, the value will pass $2 billion by next year.

Iran exported $1.5 billion of almonds, pistachios, nuts, dried figs, raisins, dates, apricots and other dried fruits last year.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=811735

Man, I just think that we actually can make dozen of billions of dollar just with food exports.

Iran Boosts Electricity Exports

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has hiked exports of power supplies to the neighboring countries by over 21.67% since the beginning of the new Iranian year (started March 21), the energy ministry announced.

Accordig to the report, Iran exported over 2,701 gw/h of electricity to the neighboring countries since the start of the current Iranian year.

With the implementation of subsidy reforms law, not only domestic electricity consumption has reduced but also annual growth in electricity demand has been checked, thus paving the way for further export of electricity to the neighboring countries.

Iran has power swap deals with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the autonomous region of Nakhichevan. The rate of exchanges hit 1,332 megawatts on August 2.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005130374

'Iran's carpet export to China 12-fold'

An Iranian official says the Islamic Republic's exports of hand-woven Persian carpets to China multiplied 12 times in the Iranian calendar year of 1389 (ending March 20, 2011) compared to the previous year.


“While until the [Iranian calendar] year 1388 (ending March 20, 2010), the annual exports of hand-woven Persian carpets to China was USD 400 thousand in value, in the year 1389 (ending March 20, 2011) the value rose to USD 5 million,” Chairman of Iran's National Carpet Center Faisal Mardassi said, IRIB reported.

However, he pointed out that the new figure is still small considering the large Chinese market.

Chairman of Iran's National Carpet Center further said that Iran's carpet exports to China have the potential to be increased to USD 50 million.

According to official sources, Iran's overall export of carpets reached almost USD 450 million in 2010 with a weight volume of nearly 7,000 tons.

Iran exports carpets to more than 100 countries, as the country's hand-woven rugs are one of its main non-oil export products.

Experts attribute the increasingly lucrative market for Persian carpets worldwide to the quality of the rugs as well as their color and design.

HMV/HJL

http://www.presstv.com/detail/192364.html

The carpet exports are far to low!

Iran Ups Non-Oil Exports to Southeast Asian States

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's non-oil exports to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have undergone a 90% increase during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (started on March 21), an economic official announced.

Director-General of the of the Asia and Pacific Trade Office of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization Amir Talebi said on Saturday that Iran's exports to the ASEAN weighed some 60,000 tons.

He added that the figure registered a rise of 80% in terms of weight compared to the same period last year.

Talebi noted that the country's non-oil exports to the ASEAN worth $855mln.

Tehran plans to increase non-oil exports up to $45bln in the current Iranian year.

The 45-billion-dollar non-oil exports will include $14.5bln of industrial products, $14bln of petrochemical products, $4.5bln of agricultural products, $4bln of gas condensates, $3bln of mining products, $4bln of technical and engineering services and $1bln of carpets and handicrafts.

Iran had earlier announced that it plans to boost its non-oil exports to $80bln within the next five years.

According to official reports, Iran's non-oil products are exported to 160 countries of the world. China, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea and Belgium are the main destinations and markets of the Iranian products.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005150681

Iranian Persian Gulf Island Exports over 20,000 tons of Zinc

TEHRAN (FNA)- Managing-Director of Qeshm Zinc Smelting Complex Mehdi Kalateh announced that Iran's Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf exported over 20,000 tons of zinc ingots in the last Iranian year (ended March 20).

Kalateh said that all the products of the complex with a purity level of 99.99% are exported to the European Union countries, India, Turkey and Persian Gulf littoral states.

He explained that the complex has generated about 400 and 2,000 direct and indirect jobs respectively on Qeshm Island. The industrialist predicted that with the implementation of development programs, the number of jobs would rise on this Persian Gulf Island. The project to expand the complex is underway.

He said that once the third phase of the complex becomes operational in the year to March 2015 and new technologies are employed the production capacity of the complex will rise by 10,000 tons annually. In addition, 200 new jobs will be created with an investment of IRR 300 billion.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005150591

Iran Ups Carpet Exports to China

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has upped exports of hand-woven carpets to China to a remarkable degree in the last few years, an official announced on Wednesday.

"Exports of Iran's hand-woven carpets to China have grown 12 to 15 times in recent years," Islamic Republic of Iran's Commercial Attaché in Beijing Massoud Kamali said.

"The Chinese market enjoys the potential to import products, including handicrafts, jewelries and high quality food, from Iran," Kamali added.

Iran has increased exports of its hand-woven carpets to the other world markets as well.

An Iranian official announced earlier this week that the country exported $90.8mln worth of hand-woven carpets in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to June 21) and boosted exports of its valuable handicraft to the world markets.

The Commercial Deputy for the Islamic Republic of Iran's National Carpet Center Ali Malekjou said a sum of $90.8 million worth of Persian Carpets were exported abroad during the first quarter of this Iranian year.

Iran is the leading exporter of hand-woven carpets in the world. Persian rugs are highly sought out for their intricate design and skilled craftsmanship, and that's why Iran exports carpets to more than 100 countries in the world.

Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of the Persian culture and art and dates back to ancient Persia.

There is an estimated population of 1.2 million weavers in Iran producing carpets for domestic markets and international export.

The country produces about five million square meters of carpets annually, of which 80 percent are sold in international markets.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9005196102

'UAE main importer of Persian rugs'

Chairman of Iran's National Carpet Center Faisal Mardassi says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the main importer of hand-woven Persian carpets from the Islamic Republic.


Mardassi said on Sunday that the UAE, Germany, Italy, Japan and Lebanon are respectively the biggest importers of Iran's hand-woven carpets, IRIB reported.

He added that Malaysia, China and South Africa are among the new markets for Iran's hand-woven carpets.

The Iranian official pointed out that the exports of hand-woven Persian carpets will grow in value to reach USD 600 million in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21, 2011).

Earlier this month, chairman of Iran's National Carpet Center announced that exports of hand-woven Persian carpets to China multiplied 12 times in the current Iranian calendar year (ending March 20, 2012) compared to the previous year.

He further said that Iran's carpet exports to China have the potential to be increased to USD 50 million.

According to official sources, Iran exported nearly 7,000 tons of carpet worth almost USD 450 million in 2010.

Iran exports carpets to more than 100 countries, as the country's hand-woven rugs are one of its main non-oil export products.

Experts attribute the increasingly lucrative market for Persian carpets worldwide to the quality of the rugs as well as their color and design.

MP/HGH/HJL

http://www.presstv.com/detail/193930.html

600 million dollars is really low considering our carpets.

Iran's Non-oil Exports Increased 43%
Head of the IRI Customs Administration, Abbas Memarnejad, said that Iran's non-oil exports including gas condensates have reached $13.330 billion during the first 4 months of the current Iranian year (started on March 21).

"The exports have increased 42.55 percent over the same period of last year," Memarnejad added.
The non-oil exports including gas condensates also were weighted 24,375,000 tons growing 14 percent over the previous year, he said.
Iran's exports excluding gas condensates also reached $10.220 billion showing 28 percent growth, according to Memarnejad.
Iran's imports during the same 4 months also reached 10,865,000 tons valued at $18.386 billion showing 29.45 percent decrease in terms of weight and 4 percent decrease in terms of value over the last year, he added.
China, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, India and Singapore were the major buyers of Iranian products during the mentioned period while, UAE, China, Germany, South Korea and Turkey have been 5 top exporters to Iran, he concluded.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=823908

Only good news according to Iranian source!

Iran’s non-oil exports to Latin America up 15%

EHRAN – Iran’s non-oil exports to the Latin American countries surge around 15 percent in the last Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20, 2011), the director of Europe and America bureau of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran said here on Wednesday.

Irna news agency quoted Abdolhamid Asadian as saying that Iran’s non-oil exports to the Latin American countries stood at 137 million dollars two years ago, which increased to 151 million dollars in the last year.

Iran’s booming trade with Latin American economies like Brazil, Venezuela, Paraguay, and Bolivia has surged considerably in recent years and has also allowed Iran to expand its foreign trade.

Iran's total non-oil exports have surpassed 32 billion dollars in the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20).

The total value of non-oil exports, including gas condensates, reached 32.656 billion dollars during the past year.

The country also exported 3.3 billion dollars worth of technical services to other states during the same period.

The Islamic Republic exported about 21.3 billion dollars worth of non-oil products (excluding gas condensates) in the previous Iranian calendar year.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index.php/economy-and-business/1705-irans-non-oil-exports-to-latin-america-up-15

Only good news according to Iranian source!

well why don't you try to figure out the truth then?
here's a 51 page report published by the IMF last week
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2011/cr11241.pdf

It goes through the positives, negatives and everything in between. Here's smtg regarding the non-oil exports:

"Non-oil fiscal balance improved, reflecting better nonoil
revenue performance and prudent spending over
the past few years ..."

well why don't you try to figure out the truth then?
here's a 51 page report published by the IMF last week
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2011/cr11241.pdf

It goes through the positives, negatives and everything in between. Here's smtg regarding the non-oil exports:

"Non-oil fiscal balance improved, reflecting better nonoil
revenue performance and prudent spending over
the past few years ..."

The IMF report is based on Iranian sources.

The IMF report is based on Iranian sources.

yes they wrote 50 plus pages based on Iranian sources. Find me these mysterious Iranian sources that are talking about the things you saw in that report. Ozr mikham vali charand chera migi?

did you even open that link?? Did you spend time reading all 50 pages like I did or did you just decide to take Fox New's word that the latest IMF report is bs because it doesn't show Iran's economy as a crashing ship like we wanted it to?

Go and google "Iran GDP growth." Click on that little Google chart that comes up. We haven't had a recession since 1994. Then add saudi arabia to the chart and compare their annual growth with Iran over the past decade. Since 1994, our growth has been higher then KSA for the majority of the years. Saudi arabia is the same country that exports more than 8 million barrels of oil per day (compared to our 2 million and change export figure this is remarkably higher).

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1461/iranvsksa.png

I love how some of you guys try to oppose the mullahs by being more irrational then them!!!! We all hate the mullahs. Don't let that hate turn into hate for your own country.

yes they wrote 50 plus pages based on Iranian sources. Find me these mysterious Iranian sources that are talking about the things you saw in that report. Ozr mikham vali charand chera migi?

did you even open that link?? Did you spend time reading all 50 pages like I did or did you just decide to take Fox New's word that the latest IMF report is bs because it doesn't show Iran's economy as a crashing ship like we wanted it to?

Go and google "Iran GDP growth." Click on that little Google chart that comes up. We haven't had a recession since 1994. Then add saudi arabia to the chart and compare their annual growth with Iran over the past decade. Since 1994, our growth has been higher then KSA for the majority of the years. Saudi arabia is the same country that exports more than 8 million barrels of oil per day (compared to our 2 million and change export figure this is remarkably higher).

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/1461/iranvsksa.png

I love how some of you guys try to oppose the mullahs by being more irrational then them!!!! We all hate the mullahs. Don't let that hate turn into hate for your own country.

IMF's recent report overestimates economic growth in Iran


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Azerbaijan, Baku, August 6 /Trend T.Konyayeva/

The recent report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), most likely based on data provided by the Iranian government, overestimates the economic growth and underestimates the actual rate of inflation in Iran, experts believe.

"It is near impossible, without serious economic declines, to have massive subsidies taken away from the population of a country and not have inflation except when prices are controlled, which is just another way of delaying the inevitable inflation," Paul Sullivan, Professor of Economics at the U.S. National Defense University and Georgetown University, wrote Trend in an email.

On Thursday, August 4, the IMF published a report saying Iran’s economic growth has accelerated and cuts in subsidies have been achieved without sharp increases in inflation, improving the outlook for further gains, Bloomberg reported.

Growth accelerated to 3.2 percent in 2010-2011 from 0.6 percent two years earlier, the report said. According to it, the inflation rate only rose by about 4 percentage points in the first five months of this year, to 14.2 percent, even after subsidies for energy and food were scrapped.

The measures will remove as much as $60 billion in subsidies, or 15 percent of Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP), the IMF said. That will "increase the efficiency and competitiveness of the economy, improve income distribution, reduce poverty and help Iran unlock its full growth potential," the IMF said.

In December, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched the economic reform plan in an effort to overhaul the country's economy through shelving energy and food subsidies.

According to Sullivan, it is quite likely that these data are supplied by the Iranian authorities and that some of them have been "creatively developed".

"The IMF normally takes its data from the government of the country they are looking at. There could be other sources, such as international bank data, etc., but given how restricted trade and financial transactions are for Iran these would not be easily found," he told.

As to the nature of figures provided by the Iranian authorities, Sullivan said: "Iran is having great difficulties getting paid for its oil, and I wonder if they are simply putting the expected payments in as part of their economic estimates and are not putting in the actual received amounts."

U.S. sanctions do not ban purchases of Iranian crude, but they pose obstacles for foreign banks to pay Iran the hard currency that makes up around 50 percent of government total revenue. This week, Indian refiners began paying oil debts after a seven-month attempts to find a way to get their overdue money to Tehran.

Since December, 2010, India and Iran try to find ways for New Delhi to pay for imports of 400,000 barrels per day or 12 percent of its oil demand after the Reserve Bank of India halted a clearing mechanism under U.S. pressure.

On August 1, the National Iranian Oil Company said the two sides had agreed to settle the bill as soon as possible and the payments would be made in two parts, with the first being paid in the coming days.

Later, on August 3, Korean government sources with direct knowledge of the situation told Iran could have nearly $5 billion of cash trapped in South Korea by the end of the year as sanctions stop it repatriating money from oil sales, Reuters reported.

Furthermore, Sullivan thinks, given the sanctions and other constraints Iran finds itself under a large amount of its economy is not registered, untaxed, and either in the gray or black markets.

"Therefore, most official data has limited meaning," he said.

According to Professor Reza Taghizadeh, the IMF recent report has highly exaggerated the success of the Iranian government's efforts to control inflation, and the improved outlook of the country's GDP for 2011.

"It also contradicts so sharply, its own estimation of Iran's economic performance, prepared about 6 month ago, predicting 0 economic growth in 2011," Taghizadeh, a member of Trend Expert Council, wrote in an email.

He thinks this report has been made only after two short visits to Tehran by Dominique Guillaume, a deputy division manager of IMF, and his consultation with Iranian government's representatives.

"In other words, IMF report shares Iranian government false optimism and not the hard facts about Iran's macro and micro economic performances," Taghizadeh told.

The expert says the Iranian government has refused, in the course of last three years, to publish data about Iran's annual economic growth even on the face of media and parliamentary members frequent demands.

"Now, after two short visits in May and June to Tehran, IMF representative has come to the conclusion that Iran, all of a sudden, has made 3.5 per cent economic growth out of nowhere," Taghizadeh told. "All economic observers familiar with Iran's economy have treated the IMF recent report with deep skepticism."

IMF has long been an advocate of cutting subsidies by the developing countries, so the recent report is an effort by IMF to help the Iranian government to carry on with its plan, regardless of the midterm consequences, the expert believes.

"But Iran's industrial output in the course of last six month has been down and unemployment increased while stagnation affected further price increase," Taghizadeh wrote.

Early July, the Head of the Parliament's Energy Commission Hamidreza Katouzian said that Iran's oil production decreased by 72,000 bpd compared to 2008.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has released a report saying Nigeria with 2,248,000 barrels output daily has replaced Iran, the second largest oil producer. However, later, Iranian OPEC Governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi rejected reports that Iran is listed after Nigeria in the oil cartel ranking.

This week the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a 26-page report found 20 of the 41 companies, known to have worked in the Iranian energy sector and listed in a 2010 report, recently halted commercial work there. Those that withdrew said it was becoming too difficult to do business in Iran.

Taghizadeh noted Iran's economic performances depend highly on the oil prices. "The high oil prices in the international markets have increased the government's hard currency earnings, and IMF has simply converted the income into the increased GDP," he said.

"Such a report is not saying where has it got the indicators, stating Iranian's improved living standards? The report is also wrong about the recipients of the Iranian government's direct payment as it says that the poorest sector of the society receive the cash payouts, where as the right to receive the cash is equal for every one," Taghizadeh concluded.

Bullshit report.They dont take into consideration that irans petrochemie exports are skyrocketing.we are transforming our oil into oil products.
And an american analyst talking about iran,the same analysts who always say this yaer iran will collapse.They dont live in the country.Inflation since the cutting of subsidies is nvery low.

IMF's recent report overestimates economic growth in Iran


[09.08.2011 10:26]





Azerbaijan, Baku, August 6 /Trend T.Konyayeva/


torokhoda bebin ba ki tarafim!
baba, do you even try to put 2 and 2 together or your entire mindset and thinking is based on random articles published by journalists with a journalism degree? Now you're quoting Azarbaijani articles? Might as well go and quote an Israeli article.

I'm over this. You clearly have no interest in finding the truth.

Who needs enemies when we have hamvatans like you that can't even stand to see Iran succeed. You're going out of your way to show Iran's economy in a worse shape than it actually is because of your ego. Let me tell you something. All of us Iranians living outside Iran long for the day that Iran is free of these mullahs so we can go back home but some of us manage to keep our sanity. Try to keep yours.

Bullshit report.They dont take into consideration that irans petrochemie exports are skyrocketing.we are transforming our oil into oil products.
And an american analyst talking about iran,the same analysts who always say this yaer iran will collapse.They dont live in the country.Inflation since the cutting of subsidies is nvery low.

urbastar can easily compare the oil revenues from 2009 and 2010 and come up with the same conclusion as the IMF (selling oil at 30-40 bucks a barrel vs 80+ dollars in 2010) but I guess elementary school math is too complicated for some people.

Some people just hate iran so much that they would critizise every aspect of iran.
4get the, i hate the mullahs as much as thembut i love iran,i live in iran and knoe the conditions.iran is growing.it can easily growth at rates of 12percent every year without sanction,but with it it growth between4-8oercent in the next years.i am sure

Yesterday i wa sbuying some food.Panir,sosis,kalbas,mast,spaghetti,nan......
Damn all made in Iran and super Quality.Ready 4export,all with quality control certificates.Iran will be a leading food producere in th eworld.caus ewe have everything in our country.but we should work much more in the field.$example why just send our fruits to other countrys,instead we can make juices,computs etc.
We have so much potential.Our food industrie alone will mak ebillions of dollars profit.

'Iran's non-oil exports double'

Iran's non-oil exports, excluding gas condensates, have more than doubled from early August 2009 to late June 2011, according to the Iranian industry minister.


Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari said on Friday that the Islamic Republic exported 111 million tons of non-oil products, excluding gas condensates, worth about $50 billion, from August 5, 2009 to June 21, 2011, which approximately coincided with the first two years of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second term in office, IRNA reported.

Ghazanfari noted that the volume of Iran's non-oil exports, excluding gas condensates, stood at about $23.4 billion and the figure, including gas condensates, hit $27.2 billion during the first two years of Ahmadinejad's first term in office, which began in August 2005.

He went on to say that Iran exported $61 billion worth of non-oil commodities, including gas condensates, during the first two years of the second Ahmadinejad administration, which began August 2009.

China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and India are the top four destinations for Iranian exports, with about 60 percent of the overall export value, Ghazanfari stated.

He also named the UAE, Germany, China, Turkey, South Korea, and Switzerland as the biggest importers to Iran, accounting about 60 percent of Iran's imports.

On Tuesday, Iranian Economy and Finance Minister Shamseddin Hosseini said that Iran's non-oil exports witnessed a 42.5-percent increase in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), compared to corresponding period of the previous year.

HMV/AS/HGL

http://presstv.com/detail/195950.html

32 percent growth in export of technical-engineering services

Tehran, Aug 27, IRNA -- There has been 32 percent growth in the export of technical and engineering services during a five-month period (March 21 to Aug 22), official said on Saturday.

“The value of exports (of technical and engineering services) contracts was near $1.5 billion in the first five months of the current Iranian year,” said Sohrab Salimi, official with Trade Promotion Organization of Iran.

He voiced hope that Iran's technical and engineering services exports would surpass $4 billion by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19, 2012).

Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and Pakistan are major customers of Iranian technical and engineering services.

http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30538720

Iran’s non-oil exports hit $14.8b in 1H

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TEHRAN – Iran exported some 30.94 million tons of non-oil goods, worth around 14.8 billion dollars, in the first six months of 2011.

In comparison to the same period previous year, the amount shows 5.79 percent and 16.93 percent increase in terms of weight and value, respectively, ISNA news agency reported.

Previously, the head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran said that non-oil exports value is expected to hit $43 billion in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), and the figure is also expected to top $50.5 billion in the year after.

Hamid Safdel went on to say that the government will support exporters in order to help them increase the amount of non-oil exports.

Under the government's plans, exporters will have representatives in the Supreme Council for Non-oil Exports to help remove the obstacles in the way and increase the volume of non-oil exports.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index.php/economy-and-business/1992-irans-non-oil-exports-hit-148b-in-1h

'Iran agro goods exports up in 6 years'

The exports of Iranian agricultural produce has increased to USD 21 billion in value in the past six years (2006-2011), says Iran's Agricultural Jihad Minister Sadeq Khalilian.


“The export of the agricultural produce has reached USD 21 billion as of the [Persian calendar] year of 1384 (started March 21, 2005),” Khalilian was quoted as saying by IRNA.

Iran produced 107 million tons of agricultural produce in the (Persian calendar) year of 1389 (started March 21, 2010), showing a 15-percent growth compared with the previous year, the Iranian minister announced.

He added that the country has reached a “stable production” level of wheat and is planning a 2-million-ton export of the product in the current Persian calendar year of 1390 (started March 21, 2011).

Putting Iran's production volume of wheat at 2.23 million in the previous Persian calendar year, Khalilian stated that the Islamic Republic is pursuing self-sufficiency in the production of the grain in the coming two years.

In November, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced plans to boost the country's annual production of agricultural goods to over 200 million tons within four years.

HMV/PKH/HJL

http://presstv.com/detail/196387.html

Ahmadinejad opens dam in NW Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated two major projects including a reservoir dam and a cement factory in Iran's northwestern province of West Azarbaijan.


Iran's Energy Minister Majid Namjou and Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari attended the inaugural ceremony of the national projects on Monday, IRNA reported.

Agh Chai is Iran's biggest arch earth filled dam which has been built by the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base at the cost of about USD 150 million.

The 826 meter-high dam has the capacity of storing 180 million cubic meters of water.

President Ahmadinejad also inaugurated the second phase of Orumiyeh cement factory through video link from the venue of the dam inauguration.

The factory will produce two million tons of cement every year.

The annual capacity of cement production in West Azarbaijan will reach three million tons following the inauguration of the factory.

http://presstv.com/detail/196339.html

President: Iran Joins World Cement Exporters

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Monday that Iran has joined the world cement exporters club after building numerous cement factories across the country.

"Today our country has become a main exporter of cement," Ahmadinejad said at a ceremony held to inaugurate the second phase of a cement factory in Orumieh, Northwestern Iran, on Monday.

"By launching the second phase of Orumieh cement factory, Iran's cement production capacity increased by one million tons," he said.

Iran had also launched two new cement factories in the provinces of West Azarbaijan and Golestan in July.

One of the two factories was the Khoy cement production plant, which has cost the country 140 million dollars and has the capacity to produce more than one million tons of cement each year.

The other one, Galikesh cement factory, which has employed some 210 workers and cost about 165 million dollars, has the capacity to produce more than 3,400 tons of cement per day.

Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) announced in August that the country has produced 23.411mln tons of cement in the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to July 22), showing a 19% rise compared with the same period last year.

The report added that Iranian companies produced 6.372 million tons of cement in Tir (4th month in solar calendar, June 22 - July 22).

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9006070060

Iran Exports $17bln of Non-Oil Products in 5 Months

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has exported over $17bln worth of non-oil products, including gas condensates, in the first five months of the current Iranian year (started on March 21), a senior official announced on Sunday.

"Official imports to the country stood at $22bln, while the country's non-oil exports, including gas condensates, amounted to $17bln in the first five months of this year," Head of Iran's Customs Office Abbas Memarnejad told FNA.

Memarnejad also said that the country has exported $13bln worth of non-oil goods, excluding gas condensates, in the same period.

He referred to Tehran's plans to increase non-oil exports to $45bln in the current Iranian year, and said given the government's 5-month record in the current year, 90% of the plan has already been implemented.

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.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9006130036

Iran Exports 21,000 Tons of Polymer to Turkey
Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) reported the country's polymer imports from Iran reached 21,000 tons in July, 2011.

The data released by TUIK also showed that Iran ranks second after Saudi Arabia in terms of exporting plastics to Turkey.
With regards to other polymer products, Iran was the largest exporter of Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) to Turkey by exporting 4,667 tons of LDPE to the country during the month of July.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=834346

Iran's Technical-Engineering Exports Increased

Iran's technical and engineering services exports remarkably increased during the last 5 months, a top official said.

Iranian Minister of Industries, Mines and Trade said that the country's technical and engineering services exports valued at $1.5 billion during the first 5-months of the current Iranian year (started 21 March).
The exports increased 32% over the same period of last year, Mahdi Ghazanfari added.
In 1999-2004, Iran's total technical and engineering services valued at $2.6 billion while the figure during the last 6 years (2005-2011) has surged to $14.1 billion showing 550% growth, he added.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=834523

Iran Exports 86 tons of Saffron in One Year

TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran's Saffron National Council Farshid Manouchehri announced that the country had exported more than 86 tons of the precious spice in the last Iranian year (March 21, 2010-March 20, 2011).


Close to 86 tons of the precious herb were exported in the year to March 20. This is while, saffron exports stood at 67 tons in the previous year (ended March 2010), Manouchehri said.

The official put the average price of saffron at between $2,200 and $2,500 per kilogram in global markets, adding the country's revenues from saffron export reached $215-$220 million in the last Iranian year (ended March 20).

Saffron whose botanical name is crocus sativus is the most expensive spice in the world.

Derived from the dried reddish-purple stigmas of the saffron crocus, it takes anything from 70,000 to 250,000 flowers to make one pound of saffron.

The flowers have to be individually handpicked in autumn when they are fully bloomed.

The delicate flowers are harvested only in mid-autumn. The flowers begin to grow after the first rains and the blooming period is usually mid-October when the temperature is just right.

Red gold is mainly cultivated in Kashmir, Iran, and southern Europe, particularly Spain with Iran being the world's top producer of the spice.

Due to its diverse climate and fertile soil, Iran's agriculture products are rated among the best in the world with saffron being no exception.

Iran's saffron production has in the past decade been increasing steadily, most of which is exported overseas, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Japan, Turkmenistan, France, Italy and the US.

But saffron also has medicinal applications and a long history in traditional healing for the treatment of a variety of ailments such as menstrual pain, menopausal problems, depression, chronic diarrhea and neuralgia--modern medicine has also discovered saffron as having ant carcinogenic (cancer-suppressing) and antioxidant-like properties.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9006130164

Iran to Export Sheep to Qatar

Qatar Meat and Livestock Company (Mawashi) will import sheep from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Peninsula reported.

Mawashi will import 70,000 sheep from Iran and a delegation will visit the Islamic Republic soon to finalise the price for sheep, said Dafaullah Abdul Ghani, Acting Director of Abattoirs Department of the Company.
Mawashi also imports sheep from Jordan, Syria, Australia, and Somalia.

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Iran's Non-oil Exports Increased 40%
Head on the Islamic Republic of Iran's Customs Administration said that the country's non-oil exports during the first 5 months of the current Iranian year (March-August) increased 40 percent over the same time of previous year.

Addressing a press conference in Tehran, Abbas Memarnejad said that during the mentioned time, Iran has exported $16.9 billion of various non-oil products.
"The exports of gas condensates and petrochemical products were valued at $4 billion and $6 billion, alternatively," he added.
During the same period, Iran has also imported $23.8 billion decreasing 3 percent compared to the last year, according to him.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=839861

Iran non-oil exports to hit $60bn by 2013

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his administration is planning to increase the country's non-oil exports to 60 billion dollars by March 2013.


In a televised interview with state television late on Tuesday, the Iranian chief executive said that Iran's non-oil exports have reached about USD 20.5 billion in the first half of the current Persian calendar year (started March 21), IRNA reported.

The president stated that the value of Iran's exports will surpass USD 45 billion by the end of this year.

Ahmadinejad also pointed to an improvement in Iran's economic conditions despite the sanctions imposed on Tehran over its civilian nuclear program and the current economic crisis facing the world.

Meanwhile, Director of Iran's Customs Administration Abbas Me'marnejad said on Sunday that Iran's non-oil exports in the first six months of the current year have increased by nearly 40 percent.

China was the main importer of Iranian goods and the United Arab Emirate, Iraq, India and Afghanistan were the other major destinations for Iran's exports over this period, Me'marnejad added.

Iran also witnessed a 20.5-percent drop in its imports, with the value of the country's imports falling to USD 29.5 billion, the official added.

Me'marnejad said steel, corn for livestock and rice were the country's major imports.

According to Me'marnejad, the United Arab Emirate, China, South Korea, Germany and Turkey are the major exporters to Iran.

DB/GHN/MB

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/202879.html

'Iran's software exports hit $100mn'

An Iranian lawmaker says the country has exported a total of USD 100 million worth of computer software and digital media to different countries last year.


Addressing inaugural of the 5th International Digital Media Festival and Fair on Thursday, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard noted that a company developing Qur'anic software has exported more than 27 billion tomans (USD 22.5 million) worth of such software in the same year.

“Islamic teachings can be presented to international community through modern and digital media and, fortunately, our country has great capacities to take advantage of modern technologies,” IRNA quoted him as saying.

Aboutorabifard added that all divine religions have invited people to God through different means and modern media can be used to good effect for that purpose.

The 5th International Digital Media Festival and Fair opened at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Grand Prayer Grounds on Thursday October 6 and will continue until October 15.

It aims to provide grounds for mass production of digital products suiting Iran's cultural environment, encourage competition among developers of digital products, and introduce people and specialists to Iran's latest achievements in the area of digital media.

This year's fair will present about 500 selected digital media products in nine sections.

Some 60 foreign guests from 27 countries as well as digital products from more than 15 Iranian provinces have taken part in the festival.

SS/MGH

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203109.html

An Iranian official says the country has exported nearly USD 497 million worth of non-oil goods to Turkey during the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 21).


Director of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization Hamid Safdel said cathode, propylene and copper pipes were among the main items exported to Turkey during the period, IRNA reported on Friday.

Safdel further said that given the two countries' infrastructures, the level of Iran-Turkey trade and industrial transactions will likely climb further.

He noted that the target of USD 30 billion for bilateral trade is expected to be achieved by 2015.

Safdel added that so far 22 joint commission meetings, seven joint trade commissions and four joint border committees have been held between the two countries.

Expediting the establishment of joint industrial townships, formation of joint fund or bank, exchange of trade delegation and holding exhibitions will help in further promoting relations between the two countries, the official added.

Iran and Turkey, both part of the Economic Cooperation Organization, enjoy a thriving trade and economic relations.

Iran-Turkey trade has surged in recent years, reaching $11 billion in 2010 compared with $1 billion in 2000.

In October 2009, Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to increase their annual trade exchange rate to USD 30 billion within the coming four to five years.

Last year, Turkish President Abdullah Gul voiced Ankara's determination to boost trade ties with Iran, despite extensive US efforts to halt trade with the Islamic Republic.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/203241.html

Iran Exports Nearly $24bln Worth of Non-Oil Products in 7 Months
TEHRAN (FNA)- 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.



http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007271780

Iran's Khuzestan Non-oil Exports to Iraq on Rise
Above $3.2 billion of various non-oil products have been exported from Iran's Khuzestan Province to various countries including Iraq during the last 7 months, an official said.

In the first 7 months of the Iranian current calendar year (started March 20), Kuzestan's non-oil exports were valued at $3.211 billion, said Mohammad Hossein Cheraghi, the head of the province's Commerce Organization.
The exports will rise to $8 billion by the end of the year, Cheraghi added.
He said that the exports from Khuzestan Province to its major target market, Iraq, were valued at $415 million.

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Iran Exports Second Shrimps Cargo to EU and Lebanon
The Islamic Republic of Iran will export second cargo of its shrimps to Spain and Lebanon in the current month, an official said.

Managing director of Fisheries Organization of Iran's Golestan Province said that Iran will export above 52 tons of its shrimps to Spain and Lebanon in November.
"It is the second shrimps cargo that Iran exports in the current year," Ali Akbar Pasandi said.
In the first cargo, Iran exported 48 tons of its shrimps to Spain and certain Arab countries in October, Pasandi added.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=864155

Iran's Non-Oil Exports Surge 35 Percent
The Islamic Republic of Iran's non-oil exports has surged 35 percent during the first 7 months of the current Iranian Calendar year, starting on March 21, according to officials from Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).

According to Hamid Zad-Boum, Iran has exported about $24 billion worth of non-oil products in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year which shows an increase of about 35 percent compared with the same period last year.

He went on to say that the TPO has set up 20 representative offices abroad in order to promote the export and consumption of Iranian made products in a variety of markets.

Iranian non-oil exports mostly include gas condensates, mineral fuels, chemical products, plastics, fruit, nuts, fertilizers, and hand-woven carpet.

Zad-Boum insisted that Iran has aimed at increasing its total non-oil exports to reach $ 45 billion in value by the end of the current Iranian calendar year, which ends on March 19, 2012.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=864483

Iran Daily cited Mr Mohammad Behzad deputy energy minister for electricity and energy of Iran as saying that about USD 1 billion worth of electricity will be exported the end of the current Iranian year.

Mr Behzad said that USD 3 billion worth of technical and engineering services in the power sector are expected to be exported by yearend. Useful measures have been taken for the exchange of electricity with other countries.

The official said that there were no serious problems in supplying electricity to Mehr Housing Scheme projects. The ministry has prioritized the supply of electricity to Mehr housing units, noting that housing construction in Parand Township outpaced electricity supply but this would be solved in the near future.

Mr Hamid Reza Salehi secretary of Iranian Power Industry Syndicate said earlier that Iran has the potential to become the hub for power generation in the region. At present, given its unique geographical position and the difference in peak consumption of electricity in different seasons, Iran can eventually become the electrical hub in the region. It is very likely that Iran can be transformed into the corridor for the transfer of electricity between eastern and western Asian states.

He said that USD 10 billion will be generated by ceding export of electrical power to the private sector. Transferring the authority for exporting electrical power to the private sector is included in the Fifth Five-Year Economic Developmental Plan.

http://www.steelguru.com/middle_east_news/Iran_electricity_export_will_reach_USD_1_billion/235053.html

Here u have it sarbaz^^

Iran's Foodstuff Exports Surged $800 mln
The Islamic Republic of Iran has exported 454,000 tons of various foodstuffs during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), an Industry, Mines and Trade Ministry official said.

"Foodstuff exports accounted for 12 percent of the country's total non-metal exports during the first half of the current year," director general of the ministry for non-metal industries, Mahdi Sadeghi Niaraki, said.
Iran has exported 545,000 tons of foodstuffs during the mentioned period, he said adding that the exports were valued at $830 million.
Along with the neighboring countries and Central Asian states, China, India, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and France were among major target markets for Iranian foodstuffs, Niaraki said.
Mineral water, juices, meat products, dairy products, sugar and sugar cubes, macaroni and audible oil were major foodstuffs exported during the mentioned period, he said.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=867767

audible oil were major foodstuffs exported during the mentioned period, he said.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=867767
Audible oil!? Iran is getting very innovative! Whoever heard of such a substance!?

Audible oil!? Iran is getting very innovative! Whoever heard of such a substance!?

I don't even know what this is lol.

^^ presumably its oil that you listen to :nuts:

whut?! ^^^^ lol!

Audible oil? probably It's singing oil, just like Persian flying carpets :lol:

Iran steel exports hit $305mn

Iranian authorities say the country's steel exports have surpassed USD 305 million in the first seven months of the current Persian year, a report says.


According to the Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), the figure shows a 55-percent growth over the corresponding figure last year, IRNA reported on Monday.

The report added that the country exported about USD 196 million worth of steel products during the same period last year.

During the time span, Iran's major export items --warm products and round bar-- earned USD 196 million and USD 53 million for the country respectively.

According to the World Steel Association (WSA), Iran produced over 8.768 million tons of crude steel during the first eight months of the year 2011.

The latest WSA report said Iran's crude steel output has increased by 13.1 percent during the first and second quarters compared with the same periods last year.

The report added that Iranian companies had produced more than one million tons of crude steel in August 2011, showing a 10.5 percent increase over the same period in 2010.

According to WSA, Iran was the second leading steel producer in the Middle East in 2010 after Turkey.

The main steel mills of the country are located in Isfahan and Khuzestan provinces.

Iran is among the 15 major mineral-rich countries of the world and exports its industrial and mineral products to 159 countries, including Iraq, China, the United Arab Emirates, India and Afghanistan.

YH/TE
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210043.html

Iran handicrafts exports hit $230mn

An Iranian official says the country's handicrafts exports have reached USD 230 million since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2011).


Esfandiar Heidaripour, an official with Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), said on Thursday that the Islamic Republic exports its handicrafts to more than 20 countries including European and American states, IRIB reported.

Inlay, Kilim, pottery, wood furniture, hand-made glass and pendants were among the export items that brought revenue for Iran.

ICHTO chief Rohollah Ahmadezadeh-Kermani announced In November that the rate of Iranian handicraft export had significantly risen during recent years.

He also said that the number of tourists visiting Iran in the first seven months of the current Persian year had increased by 15 percent.

“Despite the many obstacles standing in the way, around 1,800,000 tourists have visited Iran over the past seven months,” he stated.

DB/TE

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/210462.html

Iran's Non-oil Exports to Reach $80 bln
Iran tends to boost its non-oil exports during the next few years via development of its logistics, a senior official said.

The Islamic Republic of Iran tends to increase its non-oil exports to $80 billion during its Fifth Development Plan (2011-2015), deputy minister of industries, mines and trade, Hamid Safdel, said on Wednesday.
Referring to the role played by logistics in increasing countries' trade, he said that studies by the World Bank show that among the countries having same per capita income those enjoying developed logistics enjoy a further trade and GDP growth.
"In those countries, trade and GDP growth were respectively 2 percent and 1 percent higher than in the countries deprived of logistics," he added.
Safdel said that Iran also tends to develop its logistics and by the end of the fifth development plan, the country's non-oil exports will surpass $80 billion.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=874044

Iran's Hand-woven Carpet Exports Closed $300 mln
During the first 7 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), the Islamic Republic of Iran has exported nearly $300 million of its hand-woven carpets.

In March-October 2011, Iran's hand-woven carpet exports were weighted 3,666 tons valued at $282,643,000.
Iran's machine-made carpet exports were also weighted 14,638 tons valued at $125.063 million during the same period.
In the mentioned 7 months, Iran has also exported various textile, leather and footwear products weighted 75,919 tons. The exports were valued at $470.935 million.
Iran's fur and hide exports during the mentioned period also reached 13,763 tons valued at $98.373 million.
http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=880168

Hmm, still not that impressive.

Iran's Non-oil Exports Surged $28 bln
Head of Customs Administration of Iran said that the Islamic Republic has exported above $28 billion of its various non-oil products during the first 8 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).

In March-November, Iran's non-oil exports were valued at $28.6 billion showing 39.5 percent growth over same period last year, Abbas Memarnejad said.
During the same period, Iran's imports reached $39.7 billion falling 6 percent compared to the same period of last year, Memarnejad added.
He predicted that Iran's non-oil exports to reach $45 billion by the end of the year.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=877685

Hmm, still not that impressive.

Iran's Non-oil Exports Surged $28 bln
Head of Customs Administration of Iran said that the Islamic Republic has exported above $28 billion of its various non-oil products during the first 8 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).

In March-November, Iran's non-oil exports were valued at $28.6 billion showing 39.5 percent growth over same period last year, Abbas Memarnejad said.
During the same period, Iran's imports reached $39.7 billion falling 6 percent compared to the same period of last year, Memarnejad added.
He predicted that Iran's non-oil exports to reach $45 billion by the end of the year.

http://www.mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=877685

all it matters is that it's growing.
we're under a gizzallion rounds of sanctions and the non-oil has been growing every year. Remember, the sanctions are actually designed to hit the non-oil sector. Plus, we have 100 billion + in oil exports so there's money in the banks.

all it matters is that it's growing.
we're under a gizzallion rounds of sanctions and the non-oil has been growing every year. Remember, the sanctions are actually designed to hit the non-oil sector. Plus, we have 100 billion + in oil exports so there's money in the banks.

Yes, since it will jump to 80 billion, I think this is a good way forward.

i wonder how this money is allocated i mean is there a bill of congress or something showing on what the government yearly spends the oil-money? Cuz if you believe this info we can all do some basic math.

100 billion Oilmoney + about 40 billion non oilmoney = 140 billion export

About 140 billion export - 40 billion import = 100 billion trade surplus

blablabla inflation etc, i wont bore you guys, but still it kinda doesnt add up on how much there is been coming in over the last 5 years with the high oilprices and how fast the economy is growing,,, it should have a exponential effect due to the internal market/ housing market etc.

i wonder how this money is allocated i mean is there a bill of congress or something showing on what the government yearly spends the oil-money? Cuz if you believe this info we can all do some basic math.

100 billion Oilmoney + about 40 billion non oilmoney = 140 billion export

About 140 billion export - 40 billion import = 100 billion trade surplus

blablabla inflation etc, i wont bore you guys, but still it kinda doesnt add up on how much there is been coming in over the last 5 years with the high oilprices and how fast the economy is growing,,, it should have a exponential effect due to the internal market/ housing market etc.

last year we had a 66.2 billion dollar income from oil and gas
and check this out (http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2011/cr11241.pdf), you might find some info

Look at figure 3. The distribution of Oil money... If you look at the retrained earnings, these are not justified. Its 14.5% that would be 14.5 billion for this year... This is about the total investment of Shell in Iraq for coming years (17 billion) to exploit the full excess gas from the oil fields... It just isn't right. Only 1% precent goes to Khuzestan redevelopment and environmental control. I just can't believe that 14.5 billion will be needed to be retained in the National Oil company without even considering R&D and development goes that has a separate fund. This 14.5 billion is just for salaries? Pfff.... doesn't make sense,,, just doesn't make sense... Iranians open your eyes.

By the way i believe this report is not one hundred precent objective and the prognoses are based on information provided by the 5 year plan 2010-2015 as the numbers of the prognoses of the inflation are exact copies of those provided by the regime. I think some information is true but you can not prognoses your inflation so low while you are privatizing at the same time. This report doesn't make basic economic sense. There is no triangulation no ranges,,,, pfff.... who wrote this?

Sorry hahaha there is a range! For example look at the unemployement prognoses. They argue in this report that the uper range is taken and that there is a possibility of a unemployment rate of between 14 and 8%.... BUT 14% is taken as the prognoses.... In a normal range you would have a range between (in this situation 16% and 12%) and you would say that it would be actually around 13% or 14% depending on the weighted average considering the risk.

pfff...

what is also interesting is the fact of the different export/import money we make. there is a source that says we exported 115 billion last year and now nimas source is something else.

on a german paper they said we exported 115 billions last year and this year around 150 billion.

but even 150 billion is not that much, but ok for this year.

Iran's Citrus Exports on Rise
In March-October 2011, Iran's citrus exports increased four times over the same period last year, a Trade Promotion Organization of Iran official said.

Mahmoud Bazari said that in the first 7 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21), Iran's various citrus exports reached $19.129 million.
The exports were valued at $4.689 million in the same period of last year, Bazari added.
Orange, tangerine and lemon were among major Iranian citrus exported to various countries during the mentioned period, he said.
According to him, Iran's tropical fruits exports were also increased ten times during the mentioned 7 moths valued at $86,000.
The exports do not include statistics on date exports, he said.
http://mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=882682

Iran's electricity exports rise by 23%

Iran's electricity exports have soared by 23 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).


The Iranian Energy Ministry announced on Monday that the country's exports had experienced the growth due to savings enabled by the implementation of the government's subsidy reforms plan, IRNA reported.

The Islamic Republic exported 5,656 gigawatt-hours of electricity to its neighboring countries during the time span. The hike pointed to a 23.13-percent increase compared to the same period the previous year.

Iran's electricity network is integrated into the power grids of seven neighboring countries--Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan.

The subsidy reform plan has enabled the Iranian government to gradually reduce energy subsidies over the course of five years, with low-income families being compensated with direct cash handouts.

The implementation of the plan slashed electricity consumption and increased the country's energy exports.

AS/HN/MA

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/215366.html

Its not a different it just a common !

Iran's Cement Exports Hit Record
Iran's cement exports in the first 8 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2011) reached 7 million tons.

The Islamic Republic is planned to export 10 million tons of its cement by the end of the year.
The 8-month exports valued at $450 million.
Iraq and Afghanistan have been major importers of Iranian cement during the mentioned period.
Iran exported its cement also to other countries including Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Qatar and Tajikistan.
Based on a report issued by Cement International Magazine, Iran is ranked the world's 10th biggest cement exporter.
In terms of cement output and domestic consumption Iran has been ranked fifth.

http://mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=897979

Iran Exports over $326mln Worth of Hand-Woven Carpets in 8 Months
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran exported $326.5mln worth of hand-woven carpets in the first 8 months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to November 22, 2011).

According to the latest statistical figures released by Iran's Customs Office, the country exported a volume of 4,058 tons of hand-women carpets to 77 countries of the world during the said period.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) with $67mln worth of imports was the first market for Iranian carpets followed by Germany with $60mln worth of imports.

Lebanon, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Canada, Qatar, Switzerland and Britain stood third to tenth in importing Iran's hand-woven carpets, respectively.

Iran is the leading exporter of hand-woven carpets. Persian rugs are highly sought out for their intricate design and skilled craftsmanship, and that's why Iran exports carpets to more than 100 countries in the world.

Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of the Persian culture and art, and dates back to ancient Persia.

There is an estimated population of 1.2 million weavers in Iran producing carpets for domestic markets and international export.

The country produces about five million square meters of carpets annually of which 80 percent are sold in international markets.

The United States, Europe (specially Germany and Italy), China, Brazil, South and Central Africa, along with neighboring countries are the most important markets for Iranian made Persian Carpets.



http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007279636

Ahmadinejad Stresses Iran's Resolve to Increase Non-Oil Exports
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday lauded the country's growing non-oil exports, and said Iran's non-oil exports will equal its imports in the next Iranian year (March 20, 2012-March 19, 2013).



"The value of Iran's non-oil exports in 2005 was $7bln but it has already reached $32.6bln under the present government and will reach $45bln this year," Ahmadinejad announced, addressing a meeting here in Tehran on Saturday.

"God willing, non-oil exports will equal (Iran's) imports by the end of 1391 (march 19, 2013)," he said, adding, "That would be a great revolution in the country's economy."

The value of non-oil exports, including gas condensates, stood at $31.9 billion in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year which ended on December 21, showing 38 percent of growth compared with the same period last year.

Iran's non-oil exports amounted to 56.164 million tons in weight, up 10 percent compared to the same period the year before, Head of Iran's Customs Office Abbas Me'marnejad said on Wednesday.

China, the UAE, and Iraq have been the main destinations of Iranian goods, with $4.2 billion, $3.43 billion and $3.41 billion worth of imports, respectively.

Iran's non-oil export items mainly include gas condensates, mineral fuels, chemical products, plastics, fruits, nuts, fertilizers and carpets.



http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007279616

Iran's Petrochemical Exports Closed $11 bln
Petrochemical products accounted for $10.841 billion of Iran's total non-oil exports during the last 9 months.

According to the official statistics released by Iran’s Oil Ministry on Sunday, during the first 9 months of the current Iranian calendar year, the Islamic Republic has exported $10.841 billion of its various petrochemical products.
The statistics show that liquefied gas with $1.628 billion, liquefied propane with $1.536 billion and methanol with $1.021 billion were the main petrochemical products exported from the country during the above mentioned period.
It is predicted that Iran's total petrochemical exports to reach $14 billion by the end of the current year (March 21, 2012).
In 2010, the exports were valued at $10.4 billion. Petrochemicals accounted for 50 percent of the non –oil exports last year.
Iran exports its petrochemicals to more than 60 countries.

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Ahmadinejad: Iran to Turn into Major Gasoline Exporter
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran will become a major world gasoline exporter once the under-construction Setareh Khalij-e-Fars (Star of the Persian Gulf) refinery in Southern Iran comes into full operation.



"If all phases of Setareh Khalij-e-Fars refinery go on stream, Iran will become a major gasoline exporter," Ahmadinejad said, addressing people in the inauguration ceremony of a large steel production complex in the Sothern province of Hormozgan on Monday.

The Setareh Khalij-e-Fars refinery is being constructed in West of Bandar Abbas port city in Southern Iran.

Iran which is the world's fourth-biggest crude oil exporter long depended on imported gasoline for 30 to 40 percent of its consumption, but has now become a net exporter.



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Iranian Company Ups Tractor Exports by 154%
TEHRAN (FNA)- The global export volume of Iran Tractor Manufacturing Industrial Group has undergone a 154% increase in the last 9 months, a Group official said.



TMIG Managing Director Abolfath Ebrahimi told FNA on Monday that his group has exported nearly 2,800 tractors to the foreign countries worth $41 million.

The group consists of tractor manufacturing companies in Tabriz, Kurdistan and Orumiyeh.

Ebrahimi cited Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka and Sudan as well as Iran's neighboring countries, and African and Central Asian states as among his company's main customers.

Iran is a major tractor-manufacturer and exporter. Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company (ITM Co.) in the Northwestern city of Tabriz has exported many of its products to a large number of world countries, and launched assembly lines in various parts of the world, including South America.

Bolivia has recently demanded ITM Co. to launch a tractor-manufacturing line in Bolivia.

ITM Co. has also built a tractor-manufacturing company in Venezuela called Veniran.

Veniran is a joint venture company between Venezuela and Iran. Located in the provincial capital of Ciudad Bolivar, the plant manufactures tractors for peasants and socialist cooperatives across Latin America.

Also, the Kurdistan branch of ITMIG, or Kurdistan Tractor-Manufacturing Company (KTMC) exported 200 tractors to Iraq and Afghanistan in October.



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Iran's non-oil export hits $31.9 billion in the past nine months

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Iran's non-oil export has reached over 30 billion dollars in the first nine months of the current Iranian year, while the volume of imports has declined by almost 21 percent.
Iran's non-oil exports, including gas condensates, stood at $31.9 billion in the first nine months of the current Iranian year, showing 38 percent rise compared to the last year's corresponding period.
Iran's First Vice-President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi has said that Iran's overall non-oil trade balance is expected to reach zero in the next Iranian calendar year, which ends on March 20, 2013. According to the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade in the first nine months of the current Iranian year, non-oil exports, by weight, were twice as much as imported goods.
The hike in Iran's non-oil exports comes as Iran has already faced four rounds of UN sanctions over its civilian nuclear energy program.
Iran's non-oil exports are mainly gas condensates, mineral fuels, chemical substances, plastics, fruits, nuts, fertilizers, and carpets as well as technical and engineering services.
Asian and neighboring countries are the main destinations for Iran's non-oil export.

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Iran Registers Five-Time Growth in Exports despite Sanctions
TEHRAN (FNA)- Despite international sanctions and certain western countries' unilateral bans and embargos, Iran has boosted its exports by 500% during the last 8 years.

Reports show that despite the hostile policies and moves of the United States and its European allies, Iran has shown a promising trend of growth in area of economy.

The latest statistical figures presented by the Iranian commerce and economic bodies, the country has experienced a five-time growth in exports to over 160 world countries, while it imports have increase by 200% during the last 8 years.

Also, during the last 9 months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to December 21), the country's exports have grown to $31.9bln which shows a 37.8% increase compared with the same period last year.

It is noteworthy that Iran has imported goods from 37 European countries and exported its products to 35 of them in the last 8 years.


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Iran to double power exports to Turkey

An Iranian electricity industry official says Tehran is considering a twofold increase in power exports to neighboring Turkey after a new electricity transfer line between the two countries becomes operational.


Mir-Fattah Fattah Gharabagh, managing director of Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC), noted that Iran is currently exporting about 230 kilovolt per day (kV/d) of electricity to Turkey and the new transfer line will increase that capacity to 400 kV/d.

“[The project for] construction of a new power transfer line to Turkey is currently in its final stages,” he added on Friday.

The official said that construction of a new electricity post and completion of the Khoy power plant will also be carried out concurrent with the construction of the new power line.

Iran currently uses two power transfer lines to export electricity to Turkey and the Turkish private sector has been negotiating with the Iranian side to import more electricity.

The country is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Nakhichevan, Turkey and Turkmenistan and plans to add 5,000 megawatts of capacity to its power grid annually.

According to the Iranian Energy Ministry statistics, the country will be exporting up to USD 1 billion in electricity by March 2012.

Iran's total power generation capacity stands at 63,403 MW while total length of the power grid exceeds 780,000 km.

Exchange of electricity with neighboring countries reached 1,341 MW in late December 2010. The top exporter was Armenia with 237 megawatts, and the top importer of Iranian electricity was Iraq with 650 megawatts.

Iran seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments to build three new power plants.

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Iran non-oil exports render sanctions futile

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The US-led sanctions and restrictions were supposed to cripple Iran's economy, cut off financing, shipping and insurance for Iranian banks and traders, and ultimately bring Iran to its knees. But the opposite has been the case, that according to the speakers of the first conference in Tehran on the export of knowledge-based goods and services.

Speaking to Press TV on the sideline of the business gathering, Iran's ministers of foreign affairs and industry, mine and commerce said the latest move by the US to impose sanctions on Iran's Central Bank will not work either. To resolve their outstanding issues with Tehran, the ministers said, the US and its allies must change their foreign policy from one of interventionism and confrontation to cooperation and diplomacy.

Iran's non-oil exports topped 32 billion dollars last year, mainly gas condensates, mineral fuels, machinery, chemical products, and fertilizers.

Iran, the OPEC's second-largest oil producer, exported last year crude oil to the tune of 100 billion dollars. About 15.5 million barrels of oil a day, almost a sixth of global consumption, also flows through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.

Iranian Company Exports 18,000 tons of Steel Products in 9 Months
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) announced that the country's Alloy Steel Company has exported about 18,000 tons of various types of steel products in the first 9 months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to December 21, 2011).



According to the report, the number shows a 26% of increase in the exports of the company during the aforementioned period.

Germany, Armenia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Brazil, France and Poland have been the major target markets for the Iranian products, the report added.

In February 2011, Iranian Minister of Industries and Mines Ali Akbar Mehrabian announced that the annual steel production capacity of the country will increase to 20 million tons in the near future.

According to the latest report of the World Steel Association, Iran is the second leading steel producer in the Middle-East.



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Iran to up power exports to Armenia

An Iranian official says the country's electricity exports to Armenia will increase upon the completion of a power transmission line between the two countries.


Currently, the new transmission line is under construction in Iran's East Azarbaijan province, Mir Fattah Ghareh Bagh, managing director of Iran grid Management Company (IGMC) said on Saturday.

He added that the 400-kV power transfer linewill connect Iran's electricity network to the Armenian city, Agarak.

According to Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad, the new power transmission line aims at exporting Iran's electricity to Georgia, Russia and Europe.

The country is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan and plans to add 5,000 megawatts of capacity annually to its power grid.

The Iranian Energy Ministry statistics show that the country will be exporting up to USD 1 billion in electricity by March 2012.

Iran's total power generation capacity stands at 63,403 MW while total length of the power grid exceeds 780,000 km.

Exchange of electricity with neighboring countries reached 1,341 MW in late December 2010. The top exporter was Armenia with 237 megawatts, and the top importer of the Iranian electricity was Iraq with 650 megawatts.

Iran seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments to build three new power plants.

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25% of Iran's Carpet Export Targets U.S Markets
Iran's carpet exports during the last 9 months reached 3,800 tons valued at $380 million, head of Iran National Carpet Center said.

It is predicted that the exports to increase 3-4 percent by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2012), Feysal Merdasi added.
He said that despite the sanctions, Iran's carpet exports to the U.S accounted for 25 percent of the total exports during the mentioned period.
Iran's total exports will reach $600 million by the end of the year, he added.
UAE, Germany, Japan, Lebanon and Qatar were the top 5 importers of Iranian hand-woven carpets during the first 9 month of the current Iranian calendar year, according to the official.
He said Iran has attended Domotex 2012 adding that the presence of Iranian companies in Germany's international carpet exhibition will result in rise of Iran's carpet exports.
Domotex 2012 kicked off in Hannover, Germany on Saturday and it will run to January 17. Nearly 1,350 exhibitors have attended the world's leading trade fair for floor coverings.

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Iran-Iraq Trade Reached $10 bln
The annual trade between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq valued at $10 billion in 2011, Azzaman reported.

"Iraq and Iran are working hard to increase the flow of trade between the countries despite attempts by the U.S. and allies to tighten their sanctions on Tehran," the report read.
According to the report the bilateral trade exceeded $10 billion in 2011 with Iran emerging as Iraq’s number one trade partner.
The economies of the two countries have never been so integrated with Iraq relying on Tehran for electricity, fuel, food stuffs and industrial goods, the report added.

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'Iran to export electricity to Lebanon'

Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon says Tehran is willing to help Beirut end its energy problems by supplying the country with electricity and building additional power plants.


“Lebanon requires [an additional] 1,000 MW, which we consider it to be a small amount … given that we export around 25,000 MW and have a surplus production equal to around 6,000 MW. We can resolve this problem easily … as soon as possible with simple modifications,” Ghazanfar Roknabadi told reporters after meeting Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour on Saturday.

Iran is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan and plans to add 5,000 megawatts of capacity annually to its power grid.

The statistics released by the Iranian Energy Ministry show that the country will be exporting up to USD 1 billion in electricity by March 2012.

Iran's total power generation capacity stands at 63,403 MW, while the total length of the power grid exceeds 780,000 km.

Roknabadi added that it would take less than six months to route electricity from Iran to Lebanon via Syria and about one year to build power stations capable of producing 1,000 MW.

The Islamic Republic's exchange of electricity with the neighboring countries reached 1,341 MW in late December 2010. The top exporter was Armenia with 237 megawatts, and the top importer of the Iranian electricity was Iraq with 650 megawatts.

Iran seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investment to build three new power plants.

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Wow, seriously..

Just a pathetic excuse for hezbollah and hamas to save money, why don't their build their own electricity plants? It's not like lebanon is poverized, they can easily do this, all they want is to save money..

You do realize iran would be earning money from this. Sometimes you people complain about EVERYTHING!!!!!!

Wow Amirex CHILL!

Cant help it these people nevvvvvvvvvver stop complaining!!!!!

Iran's Electricity Exports Increased about 27%
In March 2011-January 2012, the Islamic Republic of Iran's electricity exports to neighboring states increased about 27 percent over same period of the previous year.


Iran's ministry of energy Monday reported that during the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year, the Islamic Republic has exported 7,148.5 GWh of electricity to its neighboring countries.
The exports have increased 26.63 percent over the same period of last year when the figure stood at 5,645.1 GWh of its electricity, the report read.
Currently Iran enforces electricity exchange with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Iran seeks tenfold electricity exports to Pakistan (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/95163-iran-seeks-tenfold-electricity-exports-to-pakistan)

Iran and Pakistan started new round of talks on boosting Iranian electricity exports to the neighboring country by over 10 folds to reach 4,000 megawatts (MW) per day.
Currently, Iran exports some 35MW of electricity to Pakistan on the daily basis, according to Mehr news agency.

Iran’s Energy Minister Majid Namjou said that by the next three years, the country will increase the electricity exports to Pakistan by 1,000 megawatts and that Iran was working (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/95163-iran-seeks-tenfold-electricity-exports-to-pakistan#) on a new power grid in order to deliver electricity to Pakistan.

Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad has said that electricity exports to Pakistan will increase step by step.

Behzad announced that Iran’s power grid (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/95163-iran-seeks-tenfold-electricity-exports-to-pakistan#) will soon be connected to those of the Persian Gulf littoral states.

The Iranian deputy energy minister also said that Iran’s power exports are expected to reach a mark of $1billion in the current Iranian year which started on March 21.

Iran’s electricity network is connected into the power grids of seven neighboring countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

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Iran Exports 7,349 gw/h of Electricity in 11 Months
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Energy Ministry announced that the country has exported 7,349 gw/h of electricity to other countries in the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2011 to February 19, 2012) which shows a 27% increase compared with the same period last year

Iran exported 7,349 gw/h of electricity during the said period this year, up from 5,769 gw/h last year.

With the implementation of subsidy reforms law, not only domestic electricity consumption has reduced but also annual growth in electricity demand has been checked, thus paving the way for further export of electricity to the neighboring countries.

Iran has power swap deals with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the autonomous region of Nakhichevan.


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Iran’s mineral, industrial exports up on last year

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Iran’s mineral and industrial exports are up on last years figures and are expected to top $30 billion by the end of this calendar year (March 20), according to the vice president for planning affairs.

Davood Manzoor told IRNA news agency that mineral and industrial exports from Iran were expanding and that global sanctions have not prevented the country from boosting exports.

Manzoor was referencing a recent report released by the Iranian Customs Administration that quantified the Islamic Republic’s trade during the first 10 months of this calendar year.

The report stated that the ratio of non-oil exports (including gas (http://www.tehrantimes.com/component/content/article/95322#) condensates) to imports hit the figure of 0.7, indicating that imports have declined and exports have increased in the aforementioned period.

Non-oil exports in the first 10 months of the current (http://www.tehrantimes.com/component/content/article/95322#) year amounted to 61,931 tons, worth 35.137 billion, compared to 57,852 tons, worth 26.649 billion, for the same period in last year.

According to the report, China, Iraq, the UAE, India and Afghanistan were the main imports of Iranian goods, making up 17.15 percent, 14.7 percent, 14.3 percent, 8.48 percent and 6.17 percent of total exports, respectively.

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Iran Exports $3bln Worth of Technical, Engineering Services (http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010174802#)
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad announced that the country has exported $3bln worth of technical and engineering services to other countries in the current Iranian year (ending March 20).



Behzad said the exports included $1bln worth of electricity and three billion dollars worth of technical and engineering services.

He underlined that 3,255 MW of electricity has been added to the national network, hoping that the figure would reach 5,000 MW in the next four months.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is among the 15 major electricity producers in the world, he said, adding the country is the main exporter of electricity in the region.

Iran's Energy Ministry announced that the country has exported 7,349 gw/h of electricity to other countries in the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2011 to February 19, 2012) which shows a 27% increase compared with the same period last year.

Iran exported 7,349 gw/h of electricity during the said period this year, up from 5,769gw/h last year.

With the implementation of subsidy reforms law, not only domestic electricity consumption has reduced but also annual growth in electricity demand has been checked, thus paving the way for further export of electricity to the neighboring countries.

Iran has power swap deals with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the autonomous region of Nakhichevan.



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Iran electricity exports up by 28%

Iran’s electricity exports to neighboring countries have increased by roughly 28 percent over the last 11 months compared to the corresponding period the previous year.


The Iranian Energy Ministry announced on Monday that it has exported 7,775 megawatt-hours of electricity since the beginning of the current Persian Calendar Year (started March 21, 2011).

The figure shows a 27.86 percent increase compared to the similar period last year, which stood at 6,065 megawatt-hours.

Electricity consumption has decreased considerably in Iran since the implementation of the subsidy reform plan.

The plan has paved the way for more electricity exports to neighboring Azerbaijan, Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Nakhchivan.

The subsidy reform plan, which began in late 2010, has enabled the Iranian government to begin to gradually reduce energy subsidies over the course of five years, with low-income families compensated with direct cash handouts.

Iran seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments for the construction of three new power plants.

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Iran’s engineering exports up 46 percent (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/95645-irans-engineering-exports-up-46-percent)

ran exported over $4 billion worth of technical and engineering services (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/95645-irans-engineering-exports-up-46-percent#) in the first 11 months of the current calendar year (ends on February 19), marking a 46 percent increase on figures for the same period last year.
According to an IRNA news agency report quoting the Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Kiyumars Fathollah Kermanshahi, the exported services are predominantly in the hydroelectric, power and transmission sectors.

Another TPOI official said in December 2011 that a couple of technical and engineering projects have been signed off to be rolled out this year in the fields of energy, industry (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/95645-irans-engineering-exports-up-46-percent#) and housing in Ghana, Sudan, Oman, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan.

Sohrab Salimi told IRNA news agency that more than 125 industrial and mining projects, worth some $3.5 billion, are in the hands of Iranian contractors around the world.

Iran aims to export $4.5 billion worth of technical and engineering services in the current calendar year.

Iran’s technical and engineering services exports reached $3.301 billion in the previous year, marking a 7 percent increase compared to the preceding year’s figure of $3.083 billion.

Iran, Pakistan Plan $718 Million Power Grid, Tehran Times Says

Iran (http://topics.bloomberg.com/iran/) and Pakistan (http://topics.bloomberg.com/pakistan/) agreed to invest $718 million in a network for transmitting electricity (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-19/iran-pakistan-plan-718-million-power-grid-tehran-times-says.html#) from Iran to its eastern neighbor, Tehran Times (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/95573-tehran-islamabad-to-launch-718-million-power-project) reported, citing Energy Minister Majid Namjou.
Iran sells about 35 megawatts a day to Pakistan, and the two countries want to boost supply to as much as 4,000 megawatts, the Tehran-based newspaper said. The Persian Gulf country’s power exports will reach a total of some $1 billion in the current (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-19/iran-pakistan-plan-718-million-power-grid-tehran-times-says.html#) Iranian year ending March 19, Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad said, according to the report.



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Iran to supply electricity to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon

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Iran Supersedes Turkey in Mushroom Exports to Iraq
Given dollar rise and encouraging Iranian producers to export their products, the Islamic Republic of Iran has superseded Turkey in mushroom exports to Iraq, head of Iranian mushroom producers union said.

"Currently Iran exports 5-6 tons of its mushroom to Iraq per day," Mohammad Reza Noorbakhsh said.
Announcing that Iran's annual mushroom exports have reached 5,000-6,000 tons, Noorbakhsh said that "previously Turkey was the major mushroom exporter to Iraq, but with the rise of dollar, Turkey was replaced by Iran."
Iran is currently the world's 11th biggest mushroom producer and it is planned to be promoted to the third rank in this regard, he added.

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Iran, China Signed MoU on Handicrafts Trade
Iran's Organization of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Brand Trade Center.

Based on the MoU, Iran could increase its handicrafts exports to China.
Iran has been also committed to showcase its local customs, clothing and arts in a festival to be held in China on May 28, 2012.
Iran is among the 10 Asian countries to attend the festival.
The MoU was signed during the meeting of an Iranian delegation to China. The delegation includes 12 Iranian handicrafts experts.

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Iran's Hand-woven Carpets Exported to 81 Countries
The Islamic Republic of Iran exports its hand-woven carpets to 81 countries all over the world, a senior official said.

Iranian minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mahdi Ghazanfari said that Iranian producers annually weave 5 million square meters of hand-woven carpets, two-thirds of which are exported.
According to the statistics by Iran Customs Administration, during the first 9 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March-December, 2011), Iran's carpet exports valued at $380 million weighted 4,770 tons, Ghazanfari said.
The minister said that currently 81 countries all over the world import Iranian carpet.
The United Arab Emirates is the major importer of Iranian carpet, he said adding that Germany, Lebanon, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Canada, Qatar, UK and Switzerland are ranked second to tenth in terms of carpet imports from Iran, he added.

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UAE, Qatar, Oman to buy $2b electricity from Iran (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/95777-uae-qatar-oman-to-buy-2b-electricity-from-iran-)

TEHRAN - Iran will export up to $2 billion of electricity to the UAE, Qatar and Oman via subsea cables, Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad has said.
Last week, Iran Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) struck a $3.8 billion deal with Iran’s Power Projects Management Company (MAPNA) for the development of the Persian Gulf's Forouz B gas field and an associated gas-fired power project, of which most of the output will be exported to the Persian Gulf Arab states.

“The field will produce 3000 megawatts of electricity… which a little of it will be consumed at home and the rest will be exported to neighboring countries particularly (the United Arab) Emirates, Oman and Qatar,” Behzad told the Fars news agency.

The development plan, which is set for completion within five and a half years, aims to produce one billion cubic feet of gas, 10,000 barrels of condensates, and 3,000 megawatts per day of power in the first phase, MAPNA Managing Director Abbas Aliabadi told Shana news agency.

Aliabadi was quoted previously as saying that the project will export a percentage of the power to neighboring countries.

By the end of the fifth five-year economic development plan (2015), Iran will boost its electricity generation capacity by 25GW to reach 73GW, Energy Minister Majid Namjou said on February 7.

The country’s electricity exports will total $1 billion by the end of this current calendar year (March 19, 2012).

Iran currently trades power with Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Iran Ups Non-Oil Exports by 32%
TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian trade officials announced that the country's non-oil exports increased by 32% in the first ten months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2011- January 20, 2012).



Head of Iran Trade Promotion Organization Hamidreza Safdel said on Saturday that $39bln worth of non-oil products exported in the said period.

He added that the figure showed a 32% increase in Iran's non-oil exports compared with the same period last 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.



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Iran, India to ink new power deal (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96031-iran-india-to-ink-new-power-deal)

TEHRAN - Iranian and Indian energy ministers are scheduled to sign a deal in Tehran today, aimed at exporting electricity (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96031-iran-india-to-ink-new-power-deal#) from Iran to India, Mehr news agency reported, without giving further details.
“New Delhi has announced its readiness to import 5-6 gigawatts of electricity from Iran,” deputy energy minister Mohammad Behzad recently said.

He had said that the power would be transmitted over land and not through submarine cables.

By the end of the fifth five-year economic development plan (2015), Iran will boost its electricity generation capacity by 25 gigawatts
(GW) to reach 73GW, Energy Minister Majid Namjou said on February 7.

Deputy energy minister Mohammad Behzad has said that the country’s electricity exports would amount to $1 billion by the end of this calendar year (March 19, 2012).

Iran currently trades electricity with Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.


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Iran to Increase Carpet Exports to $1 bln
The Islamic Republic of Iran tends to increase its hand-woven carpet exports, head of National Carpet Center said.

Addressing a meeting on Persian Hand-woven Carpets, Mohammad Bagher Agha-Alikhani said that currently Iran's carpet exports stand at $560 million.
"We tend to increase Iran's hand-woven carpet exports to $1 billion in near future to support our handicrafts industry," Agha-Alikhani added.
He also announced of new measures including advertising and marketing to keep competitiveness in global carpet market against rivals including China, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Iran Eying to Export $70bln of Non-Oil Products Next Year
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said that the country plans to boost its non-oil exports to $70bln in the next Iranian year (starts on March 20).


"The government targets $70 billion of non-oil exports in 1391 (March 20, 2012-March 20, 2013)," Rahimi said in an economic conference here in Tehran on Tuesday.



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Iran Boosts Electricity Exports
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has hiked exports of power supplies to the neighboring countries by 28.7% since the beginning of the new Iranian year (started March 21), the energy ministry announced on Tuesday.



According to the report, Iran exported over 8,168gw/h of electricity to the neighboring countries since the start of the current Iranian year, which shows a 28.78% increase compared with the same period last year.

With the implementation of subsidy reforms law, not only domestic electricity consumption has reduced but also annual growth in electricity demand has been checked, thus paving the way for further export of electricity to the neighboring countries.

Iran has power swap deals with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the autonomous region of Nakhichevan.



http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9012151331

lol, they are talking about 300 billion non oil exports. that would be like france or uk level, haha

i even think this would be among the highest of the whole world loool.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9012151483

lol maybe it is possible haha

Iran among World's Top 10 Iron Ore Suppliers
The Islamic Republic of Iran has exported above $647 million of iron ore to various countries during the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21, 2011).

The official statistics show that the exports were weighted 15 million tons.
According to a report by the U.S Geological Survey, Iran producing 30 million tons of iron ore was the world's 10th biggest supplier of the product in 2011.
In 2010, Iran's iron ore output reached 28 million tons, as well.
China, Australia, Brazil, India, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, U.S., Canada and Iran are the world's top ten iron ore producers.
China is the major importer of Iranian iron ore, but Pakistan, Austria, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India, Vietnam, Germany and Turkey are also among the countries importing Iran's iron ore.

Iran's Copper Exports Hit $700mln
TEHRAN (FNA)- The value of Iran's copper exports in the last 11 months hit $700 million despites the sanctions and restrictions imposed by the West on Iran's economy.

Tallies show that the exports which include copper cathode, refined copper, copper tube, wire, copper strip, copperplate, copper ore and its concentrates, molybdenum and formolybdenum oxides and hydroxides were mostly received by markets of the UAE, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and China.

The exports came while the western states have recently intensified sanctions against Iran in a bid to limit its economic exchanges with other countries.

National Iranian Copper Industries Company's exports in 2011 reached $1.3bln.

Iran owns three percents of the world's copper reservoirs and is ranked as the best 10 countries in the world. It is the largest copper producer in the Middle East.



http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9012151399

To those non-Iranians who visit this forum, do not believe any news that is cited from "english.farsnews". They are experts in making numbers up and telling false news.

Even better, maybe the 300 billion non-oil exports will be a reality soon. :D

Iran sets $75 billion target for non-oil exports for next fiscal year (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96301-iran-sets-75-billion-target-for-non-oil-exports-for-next-fiscal-year)

TEHRAN - Iran plans to export (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96301-iran-sets-75-billion-target-for-non-oil-exports-for-next-fiscal-year#) $75 billion worth of non-oil goods in the next Iranian calendar year, which starts on March 20, Deputy Industry, Mines and Trade Minister Hamid Safdel has announced.
“Petrochemicals will account (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96301-iran-sets-75-billion-target-for-non-oil-exports-for-next-fiscal-year#) for the lion’s share of the exports, with a $20 billion planned figure,” Safdel added, the Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday.

Iran’s crude steel output up 62 percent (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96358-irans-crude-steel-output-up-62-percent)

TEHRAN - Iranian public and private steel companies produced 12.92 million (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96358-irans-crude-steel-output-up-62-percent#) tons of crude steel in the first eleven months of this calendar year, which began on March 21, 2011, showing a 62.4 percent rise on the same period last year.

The companies also produced over 15.7 million tons of steel products in the aforementioned period of time, up 25.4 percent year on year, IRNA news agency reported.

Iran exported some $454 million worth of steel products in the first eleven months of the current (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96358-irans-crude-steel-output-up-62-percent#) calendar year. The exports amounted to 638,000 tons in weight, Mehr news agency reported.

Crude steel output is projected to reach 55 million tons by 2025, the deputy industry, mine and trade minister has said.

Vajihollah Ja’fari added that crude steel output stood at 12.7 million tons last year.

Iran also produced some 16 million tons of steel products last year, he added.

Iran will become one of the world’s main steel exporters by March 2016, Industry, Mine and Trade Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari said in May 2011 (http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96358-irans-crude-steel-output-up-62-percent#).

RM

Iran Targets $1 bln Carpet Exports in 2012
Iran's Non-oil Exports Development Workgroup is planned to raise the country's hand-woven carpet exports to $1 billion in 2012, head (http://mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=958602#) of Iran National Carpet Center said.

Mohammad Bagher Alikhani said Iran's target (http://mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=958602#) for carpet exports in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21, 2011) was $600 million of which $500 million was gained by the first 11 months of the year and the exports will reach $560 million by the end of the year (March 20, 2012).
For the next Iranian year (March 20, 2012-March 21, 2013), Iran targets to increase its carpet exports to $1 billion, Alikhani said adding that in the next year the U.S market will be replaced by new markets in various countries including Latin America.
He said that certain other measures including $30 million advertisements on Iranian carpet have been planned to gain the target figure in carpet exports.

http://mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=958602

Iran's non-oil exports reach USD 43bn over 11-months period

The value of Iran’s non-oil exports has reached 43 billion dollars in the first 11 months of the current Iranian calendar year (ending March 21, 2012).


In an interview with IRIB on Thursday, the director of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization, Hamid Safdel, said the amount shows a 28-percent rise, compared to last year's corresponding period.

He said that Iran plans to raise the value of its non-oil exports to 45 billion dollars by the end of the current Iranian year.

Safdel noted that the non-oil exports mostly included gas condescends, petrochemical products, technical and engineering services, which stood at 9, 13 and 4 billon dollars respectively.

The official also pointed out that the country exported other industrial, agricultural, carpet and handicrafts products worth some 17 billion dollars.

According to Safdel, Tehran is planning to increase its non-oil exports to 75 billion dollars by the end of the next Iranian year.

The Islamic Republic’s non-oil export items mainly include gas condensates, mineral fuels, chemical products, plastics, fruits, nuts, carpets and fertilizers.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/231942.html

Iran witnesses 46pc growth in its technical exports, official

Tehran, March 29, IRNA

Director of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said the country has witnessed 46 percent increase in exports of its technical and engineering services in the past Iranian calendar year, ended on March 19, 2012.

Hamid Safdel said the exports worth some four billion dollars.

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120330044620

This is what I mean. This shows how good your economy is. Non-oil exports and especially technical exports. But 4 billion is way to small, this must increase to 20 billion or so. I am sure we will do this!

Pakistan to purchase electricity from Iran: Gilani

CHINA: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said that Pakistan will be purchasing 1100 megawatts of electricity from Iran, DawnNews reported.
Gilani stated this while talking to the Vice President of Iran Javad Mohammadizadeh in Boao, China.
He especially mentioned that the electricity being supplied from Iran to Pakistan’s Balochistan province would prove helpful in overcoming the energy shortage.
Gilani said that Pakistan wants cordial relations with all of its neighbours and everyone should work for peace in Afghanistan.
The prime minister further re-iterated that Pakistan considers Jundullah as a terror group and also said that Pakistan is interested in buying oil, gas and electricity from Iran and further discussed the projects with Iranian vice president.
Mohammadizadeh said that Iran and Pakistan are bound by centuries old traditions and ties and that he hoped for a prosperous future of the both nations.


http://www.dawn.com/2012/04/01/pakistan-to-purchase-electricity-from-iran-gilani.html

@Ze Carlos Ze

You spam all the threads with lots of biased "news" from the state media in Iran which are FILLED WITH LIES!!!

Have you ever considered why all the news regarding economy etc that comes out of the state controlled media in Iran are always soooo positive amidst all the isolation, sanctions, mismanagement, corruption, oppression etc. etc. that Iran is experiencing today? According to these untruthful news sources, everything is a walk in the park in Iran. Pure rubbish... Even people with in the rotten system in Iran don´t believe a bit of all these "news", let alone the ordinary people in Iran.

You know, there is a good expression for these kind of news. It is called PROPAGANDA!

@Ze Carlos Ze

You spam all the threads with lots of biased "news" from the state media in Iran which are FILLED WITH LIES!!!

Have you ever considered why all the news regarding economy etc that comes out of the state controlled media in Iran are always soooo positive amidst all the isolation, sanctions, mismanagement, corruption, oppression etc. etc. that Iran is experiencing today? According to these untruthful news sources, everything is a walk in the park in Iran. Pure rubbish... Even people with in the rotten system in Iran don´t believe a bit of all these "news", let alone the ordinary people in Iran.

You know, there is a good expression for these kind of news. It is called PROPAGANDA!

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Iran’s non-oil export hits $ 43.7 bn

Apr 2 – Iran has exported in the past Iranian year ending on March 20, $43.7 bn non-oil products, the head of the Iranian custom offices announced Monday. He did not evaluate on the 29% increase of the export compared to previous year.
Abbas Memarnejad talking to Fars news agency stated that the country has imported $61.8 bn goods showing a decline of 4% in terms of value if compared to the same period a year ago.
Petrochemical products and gas condensates are the major part of Iranian non-oil products.
In the first ten months of the past Iranian year they made 57% of the country’s export volume./-
http://www.iranwpd.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3315:iran%E2%80%99s-non-oil-export-hits-$-437-bn&Itemid=66

Iran’s non-oil export hits $ 43.7 bn

Apr 2 – Iran has exported in the past Iranian year ending on March 20, $43.7 bn non-oil products, the head of the Iranian custom offices announced Monday. He did not evaluate on the 29% increase of the export compared to previous year.
Abbas Memarnejad talking to Fars news agency stated that the country has imported $61.8 bn goods showing a decline of 4% in terms of value if compared to the same period a year ago.
Petrochemical products and gas condensates are the major part of Iranian non-oil products.
In the first ten months of the past Iranian year they made 57% of the country’s export volume./-
http://www.iranwpd.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=3315:iran%E2%80%99s-non-oil-export-hits-$-437-bn&Itemid=66

I think it is a step in the right direction, but I hope they can increase that this year to 75 billion, so we can reduce dependency on oil revenue, and then build a proper and modern economy finally.

The country’s main non-oil exports are gas condensates, petrochemical products and engineering services. Other exports include carpets, handicrafts and agricultural goods such as nuts.
China (http://topics.bloomberg.com/china/), the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq were the main destinations for Iranian goods, according to Mehr. The U.A.E, China and South Korea were the main exporters to Iran.



http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-02/iran-s-non-oil-exports-rose-28-to-43-7-billion-last-year.html

A summary of our non-oil transactions from last year.

Iran’s non-oil annual trade exceeds $105 billion (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96527-irans-non-oil-annual-trade-exceeds-105-billion)

TEHRAN - Iran exported around $43.7 billion worth of non-oil goods in the past calendar year, which ended on March 19, and imported some $61.8 billion worth of goods, to hit the unprecedented mark of $105 billion in annual trade, the Customs Administration head announced on Monday.
Abbas Memarnejad said non-oil exports rose by 28 percent compared to the year before, while imports declined by 4 percent, the Fars news agency reported.

On March 16, Trade Promotion Organization director Hamid Safdel said Iran’s main non-oil exports are gas condensates, petrochemical products and engineering services, amounting to $9 billion, $13 billion, and $4 billion respectively.

Other exports, including carpets, handicrafts and agricultural goods such as nuts, were valued at about $17 billion.

First Vice-President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi announced in January that Iran’s overall non-oil trade balance is anticipated to reach zero in the next Iranian calendar year.

China, the UAE, and Iraq were respectively the main destinations for the Iranian goods, while, the UAE, China and South Korea, in order, were the main exporters to Iran during the last calendar year.


http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96527-irans-non-oil-annual-trade-exceeds-105-billion


some suggestions for this year:

1. Increase technological, engineering, scientific, and industrial exports to 20 billion. We can do this!

2. Increase petrochemial exports to 25 billion, invest more there, start up the plants, same with gas exports. We need more South Pars projects to start up, so we can export up to 20 billion gas exports.

3. Carpets, foodstuff, medicine, handicrafts, plastics, fertilizers, etc. can easily be increased to 30 billion.

4. Sign more contracts with the neighbors, with Asia, with Africa, with Latin America, and if possible with Europe. I mean those we signed with the ones like India, China, Turkey, and Iraq.

5. Promote more pilgrim, cultural, medical tourism. Especially bring in tourists in from China, India, Korea, Japan, Europe, Arab countries, the neighbors etc. Better advertising, build more hotels, more resorts, etc.

These are just tips how to decrease dependency on petro dollars.

Iran to double electricity export to Turkey by late May




An Iranian Energy Ministry official says the country will increase electricity exports to neighboring Turkey by twofold in the next two months.


“Iran is currently exporting an average of 190 megawatts (MW) per hour of electricity to Turkey,” Abdolhamid Farzam, Iran Energy Ministry’s official in charge of foreign exchanges said on Wednesday.

He noted that the construction of a new electricity transfer line with a capacity of 230 kilovolts and a new power post has been finished in the northwest of Iran.

The official stated that Iran will have the capacity to increase power exports to Turkey by late May.

“Thel completion and commissioning of new transfer lines will increase Iran’s electricity export capacity [to Turkey] to more than 400 MW per hour,” he added.

Farzam also stated that Iran hit a new record last year by exporting more than 8.6 billion kilowatt hours of electricity to neighboring countries.

Last year, he said, Iran’s total electricity exports increased by about 30 percent compared to one year before.

On April 2, Iran's deputy energy minister for electricity and energy affairs said the country has diversified electricity exports to neighboring countries and is ready to start exporting nuclear power.

“In addition to electricity produced by thermal, gas-fueled, combined cycle, and hydropower plants, nuclear electricity has been added to the country’s power export basket,” Mohammad Behzad added.

He noted that exporting nuclear power becomes possible as the power generation capacity of Bushehr nuclear power plant increases.

Iran had a total annual electricity generation capacity of 53,000 MW before 2009, which has now exceeded 60,000 MW as a result of the country’s plan to add 5,000 MW of capacity to the grid annually.

The country, which seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity, has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments to build three new power plants.

SS/AZ/HGH

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/234603.html

Iranian Power Exports Surged 43 Percent
The Islamic Republic of Iran has exported 398.9 Gigawatts to neighboring countries from the start of the new Iran calendar year, starting on March 20.

According to official reports by Iran's Ministry of Energy, the Islamic Republic has exported 398.9 GW of power since the start of the year which shows an increase of 42.92 percent over the same period last year. Iran has exported 279.1 GW of electricity to neighbor countries during the same period last year.

After the execution of the subsidy plan by Iranian government, local consumption has decreased and provided a great opportunity for exporting power.

Currently Iran exports electricity to Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Nakhjavan, Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://mojnews.com/en/Miscellaneous/ViewContents.aspx?Contract=cms_Contents_I_News&r=963086

Iran exported USD50bn in non-oil goods last year

Iran's non-oil exports have surged despite international sanctions imposed on the country in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 20) to reach USD 50 billion.


“[Iran's] non-oil exports hit 43.8 billion dollars last year and if USD 4.2 billion of technical and engineering exports is added, the final figure will stand at USD 48 billion,” Trade Promotion Organization’s deputy director for trade aid said on Saturday.

Kioumars Fathollah Kermanshahi added that more than 25 Iranian companies have implemented various technical and engineering projects in the fields of power, industry, construction, energy, wastewater, surface waters and dam construction in 10 countries last year.

The official emphasized that industry, mines and trade were the most important ways of developing exports and supporting domestic production.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/235068.html

Iran targets $1 billion carpet exports for calendar year (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96658-iran-targets-1-billion-carpet-exports-for-calendar-year)

TEHRAN - Iran has developed plans to export as much as $1 billion worth of carpets this calendar year, which began on March 20, said the head of the National Carpet Center.
“Carpets are of great importance in non-oil exports of the Islamic Republic,” Baqer Aqa-Alikhani said, adding that boosting carpet exports to UAE and China has been highlighted, Mehr news agency reported.

Iran exported some $439 million worth of handmade carpets in the first ten months of last year, which ended on March 19.

The United Arab Emirates, Germany and Lebanon were the main destinations for the Persian carpets.

The value of Iran’s handmade carpet exports was anticipated to hit $600 million in the past calendar year.

14.000? must be a mistake lol

Iran’s fishery exports up 64 percent (http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/96657-irans-fishery-exports-up-64-percent-)

TEHRAN - Iran exported $13,798 worth of fishery products last calendar year, which ended on March 19, showing a 64 percent rise compared to the year before, IRNA news agency reported.

The exported products weighed 4,594 tons, up 52 percent yea on year, the report added.

Iran is planning to export as much as $500 million shrimps by 2015, head of the fisheries organization Reza Razeqi stated.

Some 140,000 tons of fish and 6,000 tons of shrimp were hunted last year, he told Mehr news agency.

He added that the per capita consumption of fish in Iran stood at 8.5 kilograms last year, which is less than the world’s average.

He referred to Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, China, South Korea, Lebanon and Spain as the main destinations for Iranian shrimp.

Iran Exports $560mln Worth of Hand-Woven Carpets
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran exported $560 million worth of hand-woven carpets last (Iranian) year (March 21, 2011 - March 19, 2012), a senior Iranian trade official announced.

Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Hamid Alikhani stressed that carpet export is one of the country's priorities for export.

He noted that carpet is considered to be one of the oldest productions in Iran, noting some countries copy Iranian carpets and show them as their own.

Iran is the leading exporter of hand-woven carpets. Persian rugs are highly sought out for their intricate design and skilled craftsmanship, and that's why Iran exports carpets to more than 100 countries in the world.

Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of the Persian culture and art, and dates back to ancient Persia.

There is an estimated population of 1.2 million weavers in Iran producing carpets for domestic markets and international export.

The country produces about five million square meters of carpets annually of which 80 percent are sold in international markets.

The United States, Europe (specially Germany and Italy), China, Brazil, South and Central Africa, along with neighboring countries are the most important markets for Iranian made Persian Carpets.



http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9101141195

Iran Ups Exports of Cement by 17%
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran exported over 10 million tons of cement and clinker during the last Iranian year (March 21, 2011 - March 19, 2012), showing a 17% growth compared with the same period a year earlier.

Iran's export of cement and clinker has increased 17.44% and reached 10,119,780 tons, 8,662,807 tons of which belonged to cement industry and 1,456,973 tons to clinker export.

Cement production has increased by 8% comparing to 2010 and reached more than 66,461,000 and clinker's production reached 67,639,000 by growth of 12% comparing to 2010.

In December 2011, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated a major cement production project in the country's central province of Qom.

The plant has an annual one-million-ton cement production capacity and has been built on $130 million of funding, mainly provided by Iran's Bank Melli and the government's Foreign Currency Reserve Fund.

In August 2011, Ahmadinejad announced that Iran has joined the world cement exporters club after building numerous cement factories across the country.

"Today our country has become a main exporter of cement," Ahmadinejad said at a ceremony held to inaugurate the second phase of a cement factory in Orumieh, Northwestern Iran, in mid August.

"By launching the second phase of Orumieh cement factory, Iran's cement production capacity increased by one million tons," he said.




http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9101141209

IRAN’S NON-OIL TRADE EXCEEDS $71B IN 9 MONTHS
TEHRAN, Iran Dec. 29 (NNN-MNA) – Iran conducted $71.2 billion in trade of non-oil goods with other countries during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 20, according to Iranian Customs Administration Director Abbas Memarnejad.

Some $31 billion worth of non-oil goods were exported, and nearly $40.2 billion worth of non-oil goods were imported during the nine-month period, the Fars News Agency quoted Memarnejad as saying on Friday.Read more (http://namnewsnetwork.org/v3/read.php?id=MjE2NjY3)

thats nice but whats the point when people cant afford meat and eggs ?

thats nice but whats the point when people cant afford meat and eggs ?

I eat leftovers today...

Oh sorry was the point to change the subject?!?!

no the point is to show numbers dont show a piss about average people

my friends aunt had a house in karaj, it was raided, and when she came back home, all her jewelry was there, the tv etc, guess what they took, the food in the fridge


i really dont understand your urge to claim people live easy lives
it seems like u have a condescending tone regarding prominent issues in daily lives of iranians, a sort of mockery

no the point is to show numbers dont show a piss about average people

my friends aunt had a house in karaj, it was raided, and when she came back home, all her jewelry was there, the tv etc, guess what they took, the food in the fridge


i really dont understand your urge to claim people live easy lives
it seems like u have a condescending tone regarding prominent issues in daily lives of iranians, a sort of mockery

No I never said people have no difficulties but your statement off subject that "no one" can buy meat is a lie and for kharejeha who visit this site it is misleading.

Funny you say condescending but your "opinion" on EVERY subject is condescending. Most of the time I keep my mouth shut but really see fit to jump in on everyyyyyyy post. The self appointed leader of Iran if I remember.

if u cant distinguish between literal meaning and the message behind the sentence thats your problem
i didnt say "everyone" is poor im saying the number of people who cant afford such things is disturbingly high

according to national statistics by the IR itself , nearly 60% of iranians live under the national standard of poverty, that is less than 1.5 million tomans

so portraying that iran is all golo bolbol is infact creating a poor image

you take things literal when it suits u

i never appointed myself the leader of anything

and who gives a darn about what "kharejihs" think, as far i am concerned they are the ones who have linched on our country for centuries, quit caring about our image by shoving our problems under a rug and acting like they are not there
living for others is not how to progress

as long as we keep acting all "fine" , we will never progress and continue "bah bah chah chah" and not get anywhere


my opinions are sometimes condascending yea but on a group of bafoons who have caused the issues i post about in the first place, for the same people that send millions to hezbollah , the same that murder hundreds of students , activists etc
it seems like u dont like that though , or maybe u have a soft spot for them i dont know but it seems like u have agnostic-like feelings towards the system, thats fine, but dont mock those "60%"

jump in then, if u dont speak its ur own problem, if u have different views state them, stop "silencing" yourself, its not like we are holding you at gunpoint, u never say anything but just criticize our views
its like standing beside a pitch and telling your players they are not playing correctly ut then not showing any alternative or other method

Iran lack of OWN good web portal for product's trading oriented on overseas, like China has Alibaba (that seems to be a monopoly).
Having that, Iranian export will increase.
Also, for me were TOO hard to find pistachios supplier with good prices.
It is the GREAT need for Iran. It may be like: trade.ir or bazaar.ir or other, that ALL people in trading world would know, there they can find the supplier form the first hands.