Iran-China Trade Close to $6 Billion in Five-Month Period
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China’s Customs Office put the trade exchanges between Iran and China in the first five months of the current year (January to May 2024) at about $6 billion.
It said the trade exchanges between the two countries in the first five months of the current year reached $5.9 billion, showing a nine percent decline compared to last year’s corresponding period.
The trade exchanges between Iran and China from January to May 2023 had been $6.5 billion, the report added.
China imported $1.8 billion of products from Iran in the first five months of 2024, showing a five percent decline compared to last year’s corresponding period, it stated, Mehr news agency reported.
China had imported $1.9 billion of products from Iran between January and May 2023.
Also, China exported $4.1 billion of products to Iran from January to May 2024, showing a 10 percent down compared to last year’s corresponding period.
China had exported $4.6 billion of products to Iran from January to May 2023.
China imported $245 million of products from Iran in May 2024 while exporting $594 million of products to Iran in this period, the report went on to say.
