TEHRAN -- The head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) said here Sunday that non-oil exports yielded 7 billion dollars in the first half of Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2007).

Mehdi Ghazanfari, attending the National Exports Day ceremony, called exports development a symbol of national will, adding “the state’s non-oil exports enjoyed desirable progress and records in terms of value.”
Ghazanfari, also the deputy commerce minister, said that mines sector with 5.24 percent had the lion’s share.
“Iran has exported three thousand types of products to 149 countries.