
Export Markets
According to customs statistics, "gas condensate" Iran had the highest share exported non-oil goods value, and exported about 7 bn USD (more than 17 mn tons) of gas condensate to the world, accounting for more than 15% of total export value in the year ended March 2018.
Subsequently, " liquefied natural gas (LNG) and," and "liquefied propane in 1,000 C/CM and more’ containers and more", with a 5.3% and 3.1% share are next grades. Statistics show that oil products accounted for more than 31.6% (approximately 14.8 bn USD) of Iran export in the year ended March 2018.
The following table shows Iran’s 50 major export items, in the year ended March 2018. These items represented 70% of the Iran's total export value, amounted to 31.8 bn USD. It is worth noting that the first 10 export items accounted for nearly 40% of Iran total export value.
Table. The 50 major export items of Iran's non-oil products the year ended March 2018
Value
share (%) |
Value (mn USD |
Weight (000 tons) |
100 major export items |
|
15.08 |
7,079 |
17,217 |
Gas condensate |
|
5.32 |
2,495 |
13,273 |
Liquefied natural gas in 1000 C/CM containers
and more |
|
3.14 |
1,475 |
3,377 |
|
|
Propane liquids in 1,000 C/CM containers
and more |
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2.83 |
1,327 |
3,188 |
Other light oils and products, except
gasoline |
|
2.51 |
1,178 |
4,045 |
Methanol (methyl alcohol) |
|
2.19 |
1,026 |
862 |
grade film |
|
1.96 |
921 |
16,706 |
|
|
hematite iron ore with purity more than 40% uncompressed |
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1.95 |
915 |
1,951 |
Liquefied butane in 1,000 C/CM containers
and more |
|
1.92 |
903 |
2,730 |
Semi-finished products of non-alloy steel
or iron, with less than 25% carbon, not specified elsewhere |
|
1.92 |
901 |
112 |
|
|
Pistachios with fresh or dried shell |
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1.6 |
753 |
915 |
اEthylene glycol (Ethan Diol) |
|
1.6 |
751 |
3,549 |
|
|
Urea dissolved in water |
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1.48 |
695 |
1,444 |
Other
gas oil and not specified liquefied hydrocarbons in 1,000 C/CM containers or
more... |
|
1.47 |
691 |
3,764 |
Bitumen |
|
1.47 |
689 |
1,682 |
|
|
Non-alloy iron and steel, in primary forms
(except ingot), not specified |
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1.42 |
666 |
1,208 |
|
|
Other cyclic hydrocarbons other than
cyclanic, cyclonic or cycloterpenic, benzene, toluene, xylenes, styrene,
ethylbenzene, cumene |
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1.42 |
665 |
590 |
Grade film |
|
1.3 |
612 |
1,351 |
Other non-specified products with 70%
weight or more, oil or mineral bitumen |
|
0.98 |
459 |
468 |
Copper concentrate |
|
0.94 |
442 |
1,445 |
ingot of non-alloy iron or steel, not
specified elsewhere |
|
0.78 |
365 |
5 |
Other flooring, except for Gabbeh carpet
wool or anima soft hair |
|
0.74 |
348 |
898 |
Semi-finished products of non-alloy iron or
steel with a cross-section square or rectangular surface, the width of which
is less than twice the thickness, with a 200 mm |
|
0.74 |
345 |
318 |
Injection grade |
|
0.72 |
336 |
131 |
Unwrought non-alloy zinc of 99.95 to 99.99%
mass percent |
|
0.7 |
329 |
273 |
|
|
Polyethylene film grade with a density of
less than 94% except for powder type |
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0.7 |
328 |
715 |
Other
Aromatic hydrocarbons mixtures distilled at 250 ° C in accordance with a
86.65ASTM D method. |
|
0.67 |
316 |
189 |
|
|
Unwrought non-alloy aluminum |
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0.66 |
309 |
281 |
Body grade |
|
0.6 |
281 |
246 |
Styrene |
|
0.57 |
268 |
386 |
Non-circular unsaturated hydrocarbons,
other than ethylene, propane, butane and isomers, buta |
|
0.56 |
263 |
28 |
Non-velvet flooring, made of textile
synthetic materials or artificially prepared |
|
0.55 |
256 |
604 |
Apple ,fresh |
|
0.53 |
249 |
160 |
Other poly chlorovinyl , not mixed with
other materials other than suspension and emulsion |
|
0.47 |
219 |
15 |
Fresh or dried pistachio nut |
|
0.46 |
217 |
114 |
Unwrought Refined Lead |
|
0.46 |
214 |
- |
Saffron in bulk |
|
0.43 |
202 |
930 |
Ammonia without water |
|
0.43 |
202 |
6 |
steam turbines parts |
|
0.42 |
197 |
186 |
Other poly ethylene |
|
0.41 |
191 |
5,159 |
|
|
Other white Portland cement, except
artificially painted |
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0.4 |
190 |
134 |
Tomato paste |
|
0.4 |
190 |
64 |
Other plates, sheets, thin sheets of
plastics, not specified elsewhere |
|
0.4 |
189 |
144 |
Other polyethylene injection grade with a
density of 94% or more, excluding powder |
|
0.4 |
189 |
90 |
Buta 3.1 and Isoprene not saturated |
|
0.4 |
188 |
454 |
Mineral base oil |
|
0.39 |
183 |
1,149 |
Others |
|
0.39 |
182 |
173 |
Polyethylene film grade in non-powdered
with of 94% weight or more |
|
0.36 |
171 |
6,047 |
Non-powdered cement as clinker |
|
0.35 |
166 |
633 |
Direct
Reduced Iron , not specified elsewhere, and 99.94% pure iron, in mass,
cube etc… |
|
0.35 |
165 |
57 |
Plastic housewares, not specified elsewhere
|
Source: IRICA
Export Destination
China was Iran’s largest export destination,
worth more than 9 bn USD ,accounting for 19.3% total export value the year ended March
2018. Iran export value to China increased by 8.3%, in value but declined by
7.6% in terms of volume compared with the previous year.
After China, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq,
the Republic of Korea and Turkey are respectively had the largest share of
Iran's export value in the year ended March 2018. These five countries
accounted for 65.3% of the total value of Iran's export.
The table below lists Iran’s 50 major export destinations. Iran's export value to the world grew by 6.6 % in the year ended March 2018, compared to the previous year. Among first 50 export targets, some countries have had a more significant impact on Iran's export value the year ended March 2018. The biggest impact was the export increase to the Republic of Korea, which increased by 52% in the year ended March 2018 compared to the previous year, and this share resulted an increase of 3.4% from the growth of 6.6% of Iran's total export. Subsequently, I export to Turkey and China increased by 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively.
Table. Iran's 50 main non-oil export targets the year ended March 2018
Value (mn USD) |
Weight
(000 tons) |
Country |
Rank |
9,065 |
34,896 |
China |
1 |
6,764 |
18,089 |
United
Arab Emirates |
2 |
6,425 |
13,092 |
Iraq |
3 |
4,380 |
10,060 |
Republic
of Korea |
4 |
3,991 |
14,365 |
Turkey |
5 |
2,792 |
5,916 |
Afghanistan |
6 |
2,735 |
9,793 |
India |
7 |
931 |
2,187 |
Pakistan |
8 |
731 |
1,786 |
Thailand |
9 |
645 |
1,982 |
Indonesia |
10 |
573 |
1,266 |
Taiwan |
11 |
521 |
1,747 |
Oman |
12 |
425 |
982 |
Japan |
13 |
423 |
765 |
Italy |
14 |
418 |
882 |
Turkmenistan |
15 |
379 |
80 |
Hong
Kong |
16 |
364 |
183 |
Vietnam |
17 |
360 |
49 |
Germany |
18 |
326 |
44 |
Syrian
Arab Republic |
19 |
324 |
711 |
Azerbaijan |
20 |
294 |
540 |
Russian
Federation |
21 |
257 |
755 |
Egypt |
22 |
249 |
1,705 |
Diameter |
23 |
248 |
3,057 |
Costa |
24 |
217 |
84 |
Tajikistan |
25 |
206 |
787 |
Armenia |
26 |
205 |
631 |
Malaysia |
27 |
183 |
142 |
Spain |
28 |
168 |
329 |
Kazakhstan |
29 |
133 |
4 |
United
States of America |
30 |
127 |
331 |
Kenya |
31 |
124 |
129 |
Belgium |
32 |
98 |
82 |
Uzbekistan |
33 |
92 |
1 |
Swiss |
34 |
91 |
281 |
Georgia |
35 |
89 |
13 |
Lebanon |
36 |
85 |
169 |
Netherlands |
37 |
83 |
212 |
Sudan |
38 |
82 |
1,443 |
Bangladesh |
39 |
67 |
11 |
Canada |
40 |
62 |
183 |
Togo |
41 |
61 |
60 |
Philippines |
42 |
60 |
229 |
Myanmar |
43 |
60 |
55 |
Romania |
44 |
53 |
87 |
Jordan |
45 |
48 |
18 |
England |
46 |
47 |
49 |
Bulgaria |
47 |
43 |
89 |
Singapore |
48 |
42 |
77 |
France |
49 |
40 |
75 |
South
Africa |
50 |
31,891 |
99,466 |
SUM |
|
46,931 |
132,300 |
Total |
Source: IRICA
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