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Tue, 05/25/2010 - 15:35
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Iran carpet exports, $493b: Official

Meshginshahr, Ardebil Prov, May 25, IRNA – The deputy commerce minister said Tuesday that Iran exported $493b worth of hand-woven carpets to other countries during the past Iranian calendar year of 1388 (March 2009-March 2010).

Feysal Mardasi made the remarks while talking to IRNA on the sidelines of the provincial hand-woven carpets festival in the northwestern province of Ardebil.

Mardasi said the figure has shown 16.8 percent increase in terms of value compared to that of the previous year.

He added carpet exports in terms of weight increased by 2.5 percent during the said period in comparison with the year before./end

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