Foroud Asgari, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), made the remarks in Abadan in southwest Iran on Friday.

The value of the country’s non-oil exports in the mentioned period reached $47 billion, showing an 18% surge compared to the same period last year, he said.

The Islamic Republic imported $56 billion worth of non-oil goods, the official said.

Over the past 10 months, 19.2 million metric tons of goods worth $6.2 billion were exported from the southwestern province of Khuzestan, he added.