Tehran to host handmade carpet expo

Some 100 tradespersons from 60 countries have been invited to the event, the Mehr News Agency reported.

 Iran exported 2,440 tons of handmade carpets worth $151.05 million in the first four months of the current calendar year (started March 21, 2010).

 The figure shows a 41.1 percent increase in terms of value and 47.35 percent rise in terms of volume in comparison to the same period previous year.

 Previously, the director of Iran National Carpet Center Faisal Mardasi said that the value of handmade carpets exports will reach $500 million by the end of the current year.

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