Some 21 countries, including members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), neighboring states, African nations, and Far East countries, are among export destinations and priorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, an official says.

Iran’s non-oil export has reached 27 billion dollars in seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2021 to October 22, 2021), an official said.

Iranian Ambassador to Dushanbe Mohammad Taghi Saberi and the Tajik Agriculture Minister Sulaymon Rizoi Ziyozoda discussed expanding agricultural ties between the two countries and the implementation of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the two sides for agricultural cooperation, ISNA reported on Tuesday.

The value of Iran’s non-oil trade rose 40 percent during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.

The upcoming 15 ECO Summit in Turkmenistan seems to be a good opportunity for Tehran to increase economic and trade cooperation with the nine member states of the bloc.

Deputy minister of roads and urban development and managing director of the railway company of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced the conclusion of a "tripartite memorandum of understanding between the three countries of Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan" and said that the MoU was concluded to increase rail input load to Turkmenistan and from there to Iran.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari has underlined that Turkmenistan is of outstanding importance in the region and the Islamic Republic is keen on supporting tradesmen of both nations to expand bilateral exchanges.

Iran’s trade volume with the member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) during the first seven months of the fiscal year (March 21 – October 22) posted a 48.5% growth in comparison to last year’s corresponding period, according to the spokesman of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

The managing director of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare Ministry for international affairs called for taking advantage of the capacities of the Chinese Embassy in Tehran to develop trade ties with Iran.