Iran's Persian Carpet Exports Hit $180mln in 7 months

Iran's Persian Carpet Exports Hit $180mln in 7 months

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has exported hand-woven carpets worth $180 million over the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), a senior trade official announced

"Iran exported $290 million hand-woven carpet in 2016, he said, adding the figure rose to $359 million in 2016, rising by 3 percent in terms of weight and 23 percent in terms of value," Deputy Head of Iran's Carpet Center for Economic Affairs Mohammad Mehdi Farshchi said.

In relevant remarks in April, former Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh announced that Iran's export of handwoven carpets to the US had increased considerably.

The US, Germany, Lebanon, the UAE, Pakistan, Japan, Britain, Qatar, South Africa and Australia are top ten costumers of Persian carpet with the US taking the lead in imports of the product from Iran.

Carpet-weaving is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished manifestations of the Persian culture and art, and dates back to ancient Persia.

There is an estimated population of 1.2 million weavers in Iran producing carpets for domestic markets and international export.

The country produces about 5 million square meters of carpets annually of which 80 percent are sold in international markets.

 

 

source : farsnews

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