More than 85% of exports from Iran’s southeastern Kerman province are concentrated in a limited number of mostly raw commodities, highlighting weak diversification and low value addition, the head of the province’s chamber of commerce said.
Iran has started implementing a new Central Bank directive that allows private-sector exporters to meet their foreign exchange repatriation obligations by selling dollar and euro banknotes directly to selected state-owned banks, a chamber of commerce official said on Saturday.
Senior Iranian officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, Industry Minister Mohammad Atabak, and Chamber of Commerce President Samad Hassanzadeh, attend the 29th National Export Day event in Tehran on Oct. 21, 2025.
Mohammad Reza Aref said Iran’s border provinces should take the lead in driving regional trade, as the government prioritizes exports and cost-effective imports from neighboring countries.
Iran’s shoe exports reached over $90 million in the past Iranian calendar year 1402, which ended on March 19, 2024.
Iran’s cement exports have grown by 12 percent in nearly two years, according to figures by Iran’s Cement Industry Producers Association.
More than 90 million tons of products, valued at over $32 billion, were exported from Iran in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – November 22), according to reports by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
Iran has exported some 13,500 tons worth $60 million of shrimp in the first six months of the Iranian calendar year (March 21 – September 22), according to a person with the knowledge of the matter.
Iran exported nearly $200 million worth of home appliances in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Septemebr 22), according to the data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) and Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).
The export of Iranian machine-made carpets has registered an 11.5 percent rise in the first six months of the current Iranian year compared to the corresponding period last year, an official said.