TEHRAN – Iran’s annual handmade carpet exports value is expected to reach 600 million dollars by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2012), the Iran National Carpet Center Director Faisal Merdasi said here on Monday, IRIB reported. 

Iran exported $556 million worth of handmade carpets in the previous calendar year, up 12 percent year on year. The amount showed some 4 percent increase in terms of weight in comparison to its preceding year.

Iran exported $138 million worth of handmade carpets in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (ended July 22).

 

The United Arab Emirates and Germany were the main destinations for Persian carpets.”

Japan, Canada, Italy, Brazil, Sweden, and Lebanon were the other major importers of Iranian-made carpets.

According to Mardasi, Iran is the world’s top carpet exporter.

The official had previously said that by offering competitive prices, compared to Indian, Chinese and Pakistani carpets, and adjusting the designs and colors of the carpets to global demand Iran could increase its share in international markets.