The figure shows a 55% rise in volume but a drastic fall of 22% in terms of value compared to the similar span of last year.
Iran is among the biggest carpet exporters in the world. Persian hand-woven carpets are exported to 80 countries.
Some 5,400 tons of hand-woven carpets worth $424 million were exported during the past fiscal year (March 2017-2018), indicating a 18.11% growth compared to the year before.
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