Iran's exports to Greece fell by 70 percent

Iran's exports to Greece fell by 70 percent
  • 2020-08-04
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Secretary General and Board Member of the Iran-Greece Joint Chamber: Iran's exports to Greece in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to one and seven million dollars, which compared to the first quarter of 2019, which amounted to five and three million dollars, nearly seventy percent Has decreased.

According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Majid Movafeq Ghadiri stated about the latest situation of Iran-Greece trade: Iran's exports to Greece in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to one and seven million dollars, which compared to the first quarter of 2019, which amounted to five And it was $ 3 million, down nearly seventy percent. Of course, this figure is very different from the first quarter of 2018, because in the first quarter of 2018, we exported more than six hundred and seventy million dollars to Greece, a significant part of which included oil and petroleum products.

He continued: "Iran's imports from Greece in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to two and seven million dollars, which compared to the first quarter of 2019, ie seven and two million dollars, has decreased by more than sixty percent." Imports from Greece in the first quarter of 2018 were about nine million and eight million dollars.

Ghadiri added: "It should be borne in mind that these relations date back to before the effects of the corona outbreak on international trade and show that sanctions have greatly affected our exports more than our imports."

"According to the statistics of 2019, the most important goods exported by Iran to Greece in 2019 include polystyrene polymers, mineral or chemical fertilizers, nuts, flute glass, Vaseline and raisins and the most important goods exported from Greece to Iran included dairy machines, human and animal blood, objects for transporting and moving goods.

* ILNA