TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran exported around 74 million U.S.-dollar worth of machine-woven carpets during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 22), deputy minister of industries, mining and trade, Golnar Nassrollahi, was quoted as saying by Financial Tribune daily on Monday.
Iran's carpets were exported to Central Asia, Europe, Australia and neighboring countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, Nassrollahi said.
About 55,500 tons of machine-woven carpets worth 306.5 million U.S. dollars were exported in the past Iranian year (March 2016-17), indicating a 4.3 percent rise in weight and an 8.9 percent decrease in value compared to the corresponding period in the previous year (March 2015-16).
Presently, there are close to 900 machine-woven carpet production units in Iran.
