TEHRAN Iran's non-oil exports during the first four months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2001) reached 1,273,600,000 registering a 36.9 percent rise compared to the same period in the previous year, the Iranian Customs Administration reported Thursday. "The country's non-oil exports over the same period reduced some 7.4 percent with respect to weight and reached 5.002 million tons," it said. According to the report, gas exports worth 154.3 million dollars stood first, followed by hand-woven carpets worth 131.9 million dollars and pistachio worth 105.1 million dollars respectively. It said over the same period, the country also exported abroad some 90.8 million dollars worth of ironware and steel, 45.4 million dollars worth of industrial goods, 40.6 million dollars worth of copper products, 40.1 million dollars worth of petrochemicals, 32.5 million dollars worth of minerals, 31.3 million dollars worth of gasoline as well as 31.2 million dollars worth of light oil. "Also during the four-month period, some 17.8 million dollars and 32.8 million dollars worth of goods were exported through suitcase trade as well as border markets respectively," it added. It further noted that chinaware exports during the said period, with a 343-percent increase compared to the last year's corresponding rate, reached 789,000 dollars. It noted the period's exports of gasoline, cotton clothes, caviar as well as vehicle parts with some 252 percent, 167 percent, 100 percent and 54.5 percent increases have been of the most growth. Meanwhile during the same period, the country imported some 5.870 billion dollars worth of goods, showing 29.5 percent increase compared to the figure of last year. According to ICA's statistics, the country's imports during this four-month time were mainly mechanical-industrial machinery, ironware, electrical equipment, wheat, chemicals, plastic materials, chemical industries' products, paper and cardboard, medicines as well as eating In the meantime, some 402,851 tons of non-oil commodities were exported abroad via provincial customs offices from March 21 to July 22, a provincial customs official said here Wednesday. Official in charge of supervising provincial customs affairs Ali Madadi-Jahromi told IRNA that the exported goods were worth dlrs 13,728. 290% and 15% rises were recorded in terms of weight and value of the goods exported to the Persian Gulf littoral states within the period, said Jahromi, adding that the goods mainly included watermelons, fresh fruits, peas, and minerals. Meanwhile, Jahromi said 94,081 tons of goods, worth dlrs 50,440,719, were also exported. The amount of goods exported in the first four months of the year showed 43 percent and 5.8 percent growth in terms of weight and value respectively.