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By Trend
In the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2018), Iran's imports from China amounted to $8.9 billion, Trend reports referring to Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).
Apart from China, Iran mainly imported goods from the UAE ($5.45 billion), Turkey ($2.038 billion), Germany ($2.018 billion) and India ($1.928 billion).
These five countries together accounted for 57 percent of Iran's total imports.
Rank in 10-month period | Country | 10 months of current Iranian year | 10 months of previous Iranian year | Difference (%) | ||||
Value (million USD) | Weight (1,000 tons) | Share of the value in total imports (%) | Value (million USD) | Weight (1,000 tons) | Value | Weight | ||
1 | China | 8,905 | 2,915 | 25 | 10,463 | 3,878 | -15 | -25 |
2 | UAE | 5,456 | 3,311 | 15.3 | 8,068 | 5,372 | -32 | -38 |
3 | Turkey | 2,038 | 1,006 | 5.7 | 2,670 | 1,579 | -24 | -36 |
4 | Germany | 2,018 | 597 | 5.7 | 2,401 | 723 | -16 | -17 |
5 | India | 1,927 | 1,465 | 5.4 | 1,883 | 1,523 | 2 | -4 |
6 | South Korea | 1,907 | 692 | 5.3 | 3,042 | 1,239 | -37 | -44 |
7 | Switzerland | 1,895 | 3,601 | 5.3 | 1,801 | 3,644 | 5 | -1 |
8 | Russia | 1,036 | 1,551 | 2.9 | 591 | 1,105 | 75 | 40 |
9 | Italy | 955 | 129 | 2.7 | 1,196 | 171 | -20 | -25 |
10 | France | 951 | 75 | 2.7 | 1,442 | 121 | -34 | -38 |
11 | Netherlands | 940 | 1,974 | 2.6 | 1,208 | 2,455 | -22 | -20 |
12 | UK | 799 | 1,972 | 2.2 | 905 | 2,573 | -12 | -23 |
13 | Singapore | 762 | 1,903 | 2.1 | 816 | 1,843 | -7 | 3 |
14 | Austria | 407 | 494 | 1.1 | 277 | 181 | 47 | 173 |
15 | Japan | 405 | 71 | 1.1 | 506 | 112 | -20 | -36 |
16 | Oman | 403 | 371 | 1.1 | 153 | 170 | 164 | 118 |
17 | Brazil | 373 | 449 | 1 | 516 | 257 | -28 | 75 |
18 | Spain | 361 | 314 | 1 | 339 | 349 | 6 | -10 |
19 | Malaysia | 358 | 339 | 1 | 409 | 362 | -13 | -6 |
20 | Belgium | 354 | 46 | 1 | 605 | 230 | -41 | -80 |
Total of 20 countries | 32,250 | 23,275 | 90.4 | 39,290 | 27,887 | -18 | -16.5 |