Iran |
|
| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| Agriculture
- products |
wheat,
rice, other grains, sugar beets, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy
products, wool; caviar |
| Exports |
$24.8 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports
- commodities |
petroleum
85%, carpets, fruits and nuts, iron and steel, chemicals |
| Exports
- partners |
Japan 17.4%,
China 8.6%, UAE 7.6%, Italy 6.6%, South Korea 4.9%, South
Africa 4.4% (2002) |
| Imports |
$21.8 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports-
commodities |
industrial
raw materials and intermediate goods, capital goods, foodstuffs
and other consumer goods, technical services, military supplies
|
| Imports
- partners |
Germany 10.9%,
Italy 9%, France 7.9%, China 7.4%, South Korea 6.5%, UAE 4.4%,
Japan 4.1%, Russia 4% (2002) |
| Currency |
Iranian rial
(IRR) |
| Exchange
rates |
rials per
US dollar 6,906.96 (2002), 1,753.56 (2001), 1,764.43 (2000),
1,752.93 (1999), 1,751.86 (1998)
note: from 1997 to 2001, Iran had a multi-exchange-rate system;
one of these rates, the official floating exchange rate, by
which most essential goods were imported, averaged 1,750 rials
per US dollar; in March 2002, the multi-exchange-rate system
was converged into one rate at about 7,900 rials per US dollar
|
| Fiscal
year |
21 March
- 20 March |
|
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