Iran Carpet Exports Total $326M in Eight Months

Tehran, Iran, Jan. 2, 2012 -- Iran exported $326.5 million worth of hand-made carpets to 77 countries in the first eight months of the current calendar year, which began on March 21, head of Iran's National Carpet Center Feysal Merdasi said.

The exports amounted to 4,058 tons in weight, the Mehr news agency reported.

The United Arab Emirates and Germany were the main destinations for the Persian carpets, followed by Lebanon, Italy, Japan, Sweden, Canada, Qatar, Switzerland and Britain,” Merdasi noted,

Merdasi has predicted that Iran’s carpet exports in the current Iranian calendar year will increase 12% compared to the last year.

Iran exported $556 million worth of handmade carpets in the previous calendar year, up 12% year on year.