TEHRAN, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The value of trade exchange between Iran and Pakistan rose by 13.5 percent in a period of 11 months up to this February, Financial Tribune daily reported on Sunday.
The volume of bilateral non-oil trade was 2.27 million tons, with the value standing at 1.176 billion U.S. dollars.
According to Islamic Republic Customs Administration, Iran exported 1.94 million tons of goods worth 822.20 million U.S. dollars to Pakistan during the period.
Pakistan exported some 330,000 tons of goods worth 353.89 million U.S. dollars to Iran during the same period.
According to official IRNA news agency, the exported items of Iran comprised iron ore, iron scrap, dates, detergents, transformers, chemicals, bitumen, polyethylene, propylene etc, while the imported items from Pakistan included rice, fresh fruits, meat, cloth and mechanical machinery.
Iran and Pakistan have agreed to enhance the bilateral trade volume to 5 billion U.S. dollars in the next five years.
