TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The Iranian customs adminstration says that the country's foreign trade recorded a considerable jump during the late President Ebrahim Raeisi’s administration and reached more than $301 billion.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said in a report that about 347 million tons of goods, valued at over $137.8 billion, were exported from the country between August 2021 and April 22, 2024, showing a 17.19 and 1.5 increase hike in terms of value and weight respectively compared to the same period in the previous administration.

The report added that $48 billion of products were exported from the country in 2021, showing a 40 percent hike compared to a year earlier.

More than $53 billion of products were imported into the country in 2021, showing a 36 percent hike compared to a year before, it noted. 

IRICA put the export of non-oil goods in 2022 at $53 billion, showing about 10 percent increase compared to a year earlier. 

The country imported $59 billion of products in 2022, registering a 13 percent hike compared to a year before.

Iran exported about $87 billion worth of products including oil, electricity, technical and engineering services last year (ended March 19, 2024), showing a 58% hike compared to a year earlier, the report said. 

President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, along with two top officials of the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan, and four other people on board the helicopter were returning from a dam inauguration ceremony on Iran’s border with the Republic of Azerbaijan when the aircraft crashed into forests in Varzaqan region.

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