Iran’s Export of Handicrafts Up 53%
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s export of handicrafts in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2024) grew by 53 percent compared to the same period last year.
The director general of the Handicrafts Marketing Affairs of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts stated that Iran exported about 16 tons of handicrafts, valued at $48.6 million, last year (ended March 20, 2024).
Farzad Owjani pointed out that the country exported about 26 tons of handicrafts, valued at $74.5 million, in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to June 22, 2024).
About $30 million, $7.3 million, $7.2 million of handicrafts were exported from Tehran, Khorasan Razavi and West Azarbaijan provinces in this period respectively, he maintained.
He also put the value of exports of precious metals at about $13 million in the first three months of the previous year (March 21 to June 22, 2023) and said it rose to about $18 million in the first quarter of this year.