Iran Press/ Iran News: After taking office in 2021, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi announced his "neighbors-first policy" to activate regional diplomacy and made efforts to bolster relations with regional countries.
Ruhollah Latifi stated Monday that Iran's 27 million tons of non-oil trade with 15 neighboring states, valued at $16.9 billion, in the first four months of the current Iranian year.
He highlighted that Iran exported 20,711,000 tons of non-oil products, valued at $8.871 billion, to 15 neighbors during the mentioned period, showing a 22 percent hike as compared to the last year's corresponding period, according to the statistics.
IRCA spokesperson further noted that 27.35 million tons of non-oil goods, valued at $16,871,873,792, were exchanged between Iran and 15 neighboring states from March 21 to July 23, registering an 18 percent growth as compared to the same period of last Iranian year.
He also pointed to Iran's import of products from neighboring states. He noted that 6,323,540 tons of goods, valued at $8,140,137,000, had been imported from 15 neighboring countries to Iran, registering a 13 percent hike compared to the same period of last Iranian year.
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