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Thu, 10/13/2011 - 15:17
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Iran sees annual carpet exports up 12%: official

TEHRAN,Oct.13(MNA)--Head of Iran's National Carpet Center Feysal Mardasi predicted that Iran’s carpet exports in the current Iranian calendar year will increase 12 percent compared to the last year.

Iran exported $556 million worth of handmade carpets in the previous calendar year, up 12 percent year on year. The amount showed some 4 percent increase in terms of weight in comparison to its preceding year.

The United Arab Emirates and Germany were the main destinations for Persian carpets.”

Japan, Canada, Italy, Brazil, Sweden, and Lebanon were the other major importers of Iranian-made carpets.

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