"The volume of non-oil exports from Noshahr port has increased by 68 percent during first months of the current year," Director General of Mazandaran Province Ports and Maritime Organization Mohammad Taqi Anzanpour.
He underlined taking advantage of the potentials and capacities of the port for the promotion of export, and said, "All officials and personnel of Ports and Maritime Organization in Mazandaran Province try their utmost efforts to pave suitable ways for merchants and goods owners with the aim of spurring export in this port."
The main goods exported from Noshahr Port to the Caspian Sea littoral states include livestock and agricultural products, including apple puree and concentrate, food products such as tomato paste and dried nuts as well as minerals and construction materials.
In a relevant development in late December, it was announced that Iran boosted its non-oil exports in the first nine months of the current Iranian year as compared with the previous year's corresponding period.
According to the latest statistics, Iran exported over $31 billion during the said period.
Iran’s main export products during the said period comprised gas condensates ($5.98 billion), liquefied propane ($1.68 billion), methanol ($835 million), light oils and other products, including gasoline ($810 million) and hematite iron ore ($756 million).
The main importers of Iranian products during the period were China ($ 6.527 billion), Iraq ($4.628 billion), the United Arab Emirates ($4.458 billion), South Korea ($3.11 billion) and Afghanistan ($2.4 billion).