TEHRAN- Germany exported non-oil products worth $628 million to Iran during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-July 22), the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.

Foroud Asgari said that Germany was Iran’s fourth source of non-oil imports during the four-month period.

According to the official, Iran’s non-oil imports during the four-month period totaled 17.6 million tons worth $17.6 billion. Key import goods included gold bullion worth $1.0 billion, corn at $1.1 billion, rice worth $688 million (634,000 tons), sunflower seed oil at $132 million, soybeans at $569 million, mobile phones at $504 million, wheat at $344 million, barley at $310 million, and sesame and soybean products at $212 million.

The UAE was the largest source of imports at $5.4 billion, followed by China at $4.5 billion and Turkey at $2.5 billion, with Germany, Russia and the Netherlands supplying smaller amounts, he said.

As previously announced by the official, Germany exported non-oil products worth $454 million to Iran during the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21).

He said that Germany was Iran’s fifth source of non-oil imports during the three-month period.

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