111% increase in North Khorasan exports / 253 million euro foreign exchange commitment

According to Shata, Mehrdad Davoodzadeh stated on the eve of the National Export Day: In 1999, export revenue for North Khorasan was set at $ 45 million, while last year the province was able to export more than $ 90 million.

He added: out of this amount of exports, 50 million dollars of goods were exported from the customs of North Khorasan province to the target countries.

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Trade Development of the North Khorasan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization also announced: During the first half of this year, 215,000 tons of goods worth $ 72 million were exported from the province to foreign target markets.

Davoodzadeh added: $ 15 million worth of goods were exported from the province’s customs to the target markets.

He noted: Of the $ 72 million worth of goods exported from North Khorasan during the first half of this year, $ 13 million in industrial products, $ 58 million in petrochemical products and $ 800,000 in agricultural and food products. have been.

Deputy Minister of Commerce and Trade Development of North Khorasan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization reminded: North Khorasan during the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year in terms of export value by 111 percent and in terms of weight of exported goods by 53 percent had.

Davoodzadeh clarified: The basic knowledge products of North Khorasan have not been exported to the target markets from the origin of the province’s customs, but are exported to the target markets from other parts of the country.

The official also mentioned about the products exported from the province: Khorasan Petrochemical products including urea, melamine crystal, ammonia as well as cement, aluminum ingots, lightweight concrete blocks, patterned building tools, plastic scraps, rubber, clinker, welding electrode, saffron , Corn seeds, yellow grain rice, food and other agricultural products were among the products sent to export markets.

He said: Afghanistan, Germany, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Georgia, Turkey, China, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UAE, Russia, Bulgaria, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Oman, Syria, India, Kuwait, Thailand and European countries Khorasan export markets North in the first half of this year.

In another part of his speech, the official referred to the import of goods to the province and stated in this regard: During the first half of this year, $ 21 million worth of goods weighing 11,000 tons were imported into the province.

He pointed out: in the first half of last year, $ 22 million worth of goods weighing 2,600 tons were imported into the province.

Davoodzadeh added: “Imports of goods to the province during the first half of this year compared to the same period last year in terms of value has decreased by five hundred percent and in terms of weight has increased up to 300 times.”

During the first half of this year, he said, the production lines of industrial units, iron powder, element filters, water meters, plastic containers, raw sugar, mobile phones, LED lamps from China, Malaysia, UAE, Turkey, Russia and Germany to Province entered.

In conclusion, the Deputy Minister of Commerce and Trade Development of the North Khorasan Industry, Mining and Trade Organization stated about the termination of the foreign exchange obligation of the province’s exporters to the Central Bank: Real and legal were the exporters of the province.

He said: “Their foreign currency debt to the Central Bank was 236 million Euros, which with the follow-ups done until September 23 of this year, more than 253 million Euros, their foreign currency commitment was fulfilled and the cards of some of these foreign debtors were suspended.” Came out.

Davoodzadeh pointed out: North Khorasan ranked second in the country in terms of fulfilling its foreign exchange obligation.