Financial Tribune - Iran exported �476.99 million worth of commodities to the EU, indicating a 94.11% fall, and imported �2.99 billion in return to register a 51.67% year-on-year decline

Trade between Iran and EU member states during the first eight months of 2019 (January-August) stood at �3.47 billion to register a 75.71% plunge compared with last year�s corresponding period, latest data provided by the European Statistical Office show.

Germany, Italy and the Netherlands were Iran�s top three trading partners in the European bloc with bilateral exchanges standing at �1.09 billion, �658.04 million and �333.45 million respectively.

Iran�s trade with Cyprus (�4.41 million) and Bulgaria (�57.35 million) increased by 51.25% and 26.31% respectively year-on-year�the highest among EU states.

Trade with Greece (�30.37 million), Spain (�190.61 million), Luxembourg (�365,881), France (�269.17) and Sweden (�50.33 million) saw the sharpest declines of 97.28%, 91.37%, 88.54%, 87.7% and 81.77% respectively.

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