Iran’s non-oil trade stood at $ 66.272 billion in the first seven month the year 1404 (March 20-March 20), according to the data released by the Isla­mic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), that is 10% less than in the first seven month of the year before.

The export volume of non-oil goods (excluding crude oil, fuel oil and kerosene and also without con­sidering exports of luggage trade) in the first seven month of the year 1404 valued at $32.024 billi­on, while the im­ports valued at $34.248 billion. During the mentioned pe­ri­od, the exports decreased by 2% in terms of value and the imports decreased by 16 percent, as compared to the first seven month of the year 1403. 

China (8,228 Million US-Dollar), Iraq (5,823 Million US-Dollar), the United Arab Emirates UAE (4,500 Mil­­lion US-Dollar), Turkey (3,714 Million US-Dollar) and Afghanistan (1.405 Million US-Dollar) were the top five countries for exports in the first seven month of the year 1404.

The UAE (10.554 Million US-Dollar), China (9,247 Million US-Dollar), Turkey (5,362 Million US-Dol­lar), India (1,185 Million US-Dollar) and Germany (1,042 Million US-Dollar and were the top five sources of im­port.

The transit volume reached 12.5 million tons, 6% more than in the first seven month of the previous year.

Das Statistische Bundesamt hat erste vorläufige Detaildaten zum Handel mit Iran für die ersten neun Monate des Jahres 2025 veröffent­licht.  Demnach lag der deutsch-irani­sche Außenhandel bei 917 Mil­­li­onen Euro und fiel da­mit im Vergleich zum Vorjahrjahr um 21%. Deutschland lie­ferte Waren im Wert von 735 Millionen Euro (-25%); die iranischen Lieferungen nach Deutsch­land  lagen bei 182 Millionen Euro (+5%). 

Eurostat: EU27-Iran foreign trade in the first nine month of the year 2025 generated 2,817 million Euro (-22%). The 27 EU coun­tries ex­por­ted goods worth € 2,222 million Euro (-19%) to Iran and impor­ted goods worth 595 mil­lion Euro (-8%). Ger­­many was the most important EU trade partner of Iran, with a trade volume of 904 mil­lion Euro, followed by the Ne­therlands (447 mil­li­on Euro) and Italy (410 million Euro).

The European Union (EU27) export of goods to Iran from January to September of the year 2025 stood at 2,222 mil­­lion Euro, that is 22% less compared to the first nine month of the year 2024. Accor­ding to the latest data by Eurostat, the sta­­tis­tical office of the European Uni­on, 33% of the EU exports to Iran came from Germany that de­livered   goods worth 735 million Euro, that was 25% less than in the first nine month of year 2024. Second (18%) were the Netherlands with exports worth 399 million Euro (-8%), fol­lowed by Italy (306 million Euro, -17%), France (170 million Euro, -13%) and Belgium (146 million Euro, -39%).

From January to September 2025 the 27 EU countries imported goods worth 595 million Euro from Iran (-8%). Most of the Ira­nian exports to the European Union (28%) went to Germany, which im­ported goods worth 169 million Euro from Iran (+6%) followed by Italy with (104 million Euro, -31%) and Spain (77 million Euro, +34%). 

EnergyPress:   As a new wave of sanctions from the United States, Britain and the European Union tar­get sales of Russian and Iranian oil, trade sources told Reuters that discounts on Iranian oil for Chinese customers have reached their widest in more than a year, reaching as much as $10. Reduced oil import quotas for independent Chinese refiners have also added to the pressure.

According to Energy Press and quoted by Reuters, trading sources said that discounts offered for Ira­nian crude in recent deals with China have reached more than $8 below Brent, up from around $6 in September and $3 in March. Some buyers have even made offers as low as $10 below Brent to offset the risk of sanctions and potential problems unloading cargo at Chinese ports. According to these sour­ces, the market has been described as directionless and oversupplied. One China-based trader told Reuters: “There is too much supply and the market has no clear direction at the moment.”   …   …   …