Iran’s Aras Free Trade Zone and Armenia’s Meghri Free Economic Zone signed memorandum of understanding to expand cooperation.

Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization Alireza Peyman-pak and the visiting International Cooperation Director-General of Qatari Commerce and Industry Ministry Sheikh Ahmed Ahan met on Thursday to discuss expansion of business and industrial ties between Tehran and Doha.

Worth of Iran’s exports to Africa has been 1.2 billion dollars with 120 percent increase in the past Iranian calendar year ended on March 20 while being compared with the preceding year, an official in charge of African affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.

Iran exported over 27,272 tons of tea leaves valued at $28 million in the previous Iranian calendar year 1400 (ended on March 20), registering a 77 percent rise in value and a 68 percent increase in weight, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said.

The value of non-oil trade between Iran and Tajikistan stood at $131.038 million in the past Iranian calendar year 1400 (ended on March 20), the spokesman of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.

he value of trade between Iran and Syria rose 60 percent in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) as compared to the preceding year, the chairman of Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce announced.

Iran exported around $10.532 billion of minerals and mining products in the previous Iranian calendar year 1400 (ended on March 20), registering an increase of 91 percent year on year, an official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said.

The value of Iran’s export of non-oil products increased 25 percent in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – April 20), as compared to the same month of the past year, the deputy head of Islamic Republic of Iran’s Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.

Agricultural products valued at $307 million were exported from East Azarbaijan province, in the northwest of Iran, during the past Iranian calendar year 1400 (ended on March 20), the head of the province’s Agriculture Department announced.

The value of Iran’s export to Russia rose 14 percent in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), the Iranian Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) data showed.