Iran's carpet exports to U.S. jumps from zero to millions
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The figure was zero in the entire preceding year, ISNA quoted Hamid Kargar, the head of Iran's National Carpet Center.
As Kargar elaborated, addressing the opening ceremony of a carpet exhibition in the northeastern province of Golestan, following the implementation of the nuclear deal in January 2016, Iran restarted exporting its carpets to the U.S. after about five years.
During the said time, Iran could manage to export $275 million of carpets to 80 countries across the globe, registering 19 percent increase in comparison with the same time span in the previous year, he said.
The exported carpets weighted 4,400 tons, showing 10 percent rise, the official added. ■