Tehran, May 2, IRNA – Statistics released by Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade show a positive trade balance worth 4,271,700,000 in the mineral industry sector during the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20, 2021).
Based on the reports, 55,124,491 tons of mineral products worth $7,682,200,000 were exported last year.
Steel chain and products with $4,127,500,000 had a 53.7% share of exports.
Copper and downstream products with $958.1m, other sectors with $758m, cement chain with $485.8m and zinc chain with $357.6m are in the other rankings.
Meanwhile, 4,156,591 tons of mineral products worth $3,410,500,000 were imported to Iran.
The figure experienced 13% growth in weight and 6% in value.
