Iranian non-oil exports are set to surpass 8.5 billion dollars in value by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2006). Iran's Deputy Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari told IRNA on Tuesday the volume of goods exported in the current year indicates a 24 percent hike compared to the figure reported in the previous year.
He added some 6 billion dollars of non-oil commodities have been exported to different countries since the start of this year.
