TEHRAN-- The value of export from Markazi province, in the center of Iran, rose 9 percent in the first 5 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (March 21-August 22), as compared to the same amount of time in the past year, a provincial authorities announced.Esmaeil Hosseini, the director-general of the provinces customs department, said that over 650,457 tons of products worth more than $508.543 million were exported from the province in the five-month duration, showing likewise 7 percent rise in weight.The products were exported to 71 countries, amongst them Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Russia were the significant export destinations, the main said.He named aluminum ingots, kinds of hydrocarbons, chemical products, tiles, glass containers, plastic items, and foodstuffs as the major exported products during the said time.The authorities also announced that 59,690 lots of items worth $217.425 million were imported to the province in the first five months of today year, showing 19 percent increase year on year.He called aluminum ingot, gas generator, raw sunflower seeds, various edible powders, juice packets, empty gelatin capsules, raw peanuts, steel sheet, and juice cans as the primary imported items.The products were imported from 36 countries, amongst them the Unites Araba Emirates (UAE), Turkey, China, and Hong Kong were the main sources of imports, he stated.As formerly announced by Ali Jodaki, the acting head of the provinces Industry, Mining and Trade Department, the worth of export from Markazi province increased 39 percent in the past Iranian fiscal year 1400 (ended on March 20), from its preceding year.He stated that over 917,000 tons of non-oil commodities worth $1.109 billion were exported from the province in the previous year.He called petrochemical products, aluminum ingots, juices, chemicals, all sort of glass, casting products, polyester fibers, rebar, flowers and plants, heavy and light polyethylene, and polypropylene as the primary items exported from the province in the previous year, and Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the major export destinations.The authorities even more revealed that 129,000 tons of items worth $446 million were imported into the province in the previous year.He called alumina powder, carbon anode, aluminum coil, peanuts, juice raw materials, aluminum ingots, steel pipes and rebars, juice bags, and cotton as the significant imported products, and China, Turkey, the UAE, India and Germany as the main sources of imports.More than 2,800 production systems are active in Markazi province, of which 250 units are also active in the field of export.The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) has actually announced that the worth of Irans non-oil exports reached $20.924 billion in the first five months of the existing Iranian fiscal year, up 21 percent compared to the in 2015s same period.According to Alireza Moghadasi, Iran exported 44 million tons of non-oil products in the discussed five months which was 3.5 percent less than the figure for the previous years same period.Meanwhile, some 14 million tons of products valued at $21.665 billion were imported into the nation, showing a 19-percent increase in regards to value compared to the in 2015s same time period, he said.The weight of the imported items decreased by 8.5 percent, year on year, the main added.In total, the Islamic Republic traded about 58 million lots of non-oil products worth $42.589 billion with its trade partners in the very first five months of the present Iranian calendar year, up about 23 percent in regards to value.Irans top export locations during this duration were China, Iraq, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, and India, according to Moghadasi.Liquid gas, methanol, liquefied natural gas, polyethylene, iron, and steel ingots were amongst the top exported items in the stated five months.The nations leading 5 sources of imports during these five months were the UAE, China, Turkey, India, and Russia.MA/ MA