Country Profile Iran

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1 Country Profile Iran

2 Introduction Location Capital Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan Tehran Area 1,648,195 sq. km Population Independence Day Official Languages 82,021,564 (July 2017 est.) April 1, 1979 Persian (official) 99.40% Religions 0.30% 0.40% Muslim Official Other Unspecified

3 Ethnic Groups Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): Gross national savings: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Public debt: Taxes and other revenues: Agriculture - products: Industries: Major Economic Indicators $427.7 billion (2016 est.) 3.5% (2017 est.) $20,000 (2017 est.) 41.5% of GDP (2017 est.) Agriculture: 9.8% Industry: 35.9% Services: 54.3% (2017 est.) 10.5% (2017 est.) $132.6 billion (31 December 2017 est.) 14.2% of GDP (2017 est.) 18.1% of GDP (2017 est.) wheat, rice, other grains, sugar beets, sugarcane, fruits, nuts, cotton; dairy products, wool; caviar petroleum, petrochemicals, gas, fertilizer, caustic soda, textiles, cement and other construction materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining and vegetable oil production), ferrous and nonferrous metal

4 fabrication, armaments Trade Export (Value: $91.99 billion (2017 est.) Export- partners: China 30.1%, India 16.7%, South Korea 9.7%, Turkey 9.5%, Japan 6.8% (2016) Export- commodities: petroleum 80%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets, cement, ore Import (Value: $70.53 billion (2017 est.) Import- partners: UAE 27.4%, China 13.2%, Turkey 7.8%, South Korea 4.3%, Germany 4% (2016) Import- commodities: industrial supplies, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services

5 Bilateral trade with Pakistan Product code Product label Pakistan's exports to Iran, Islamic Republic of (US$ Thousand) 'TOTAL All products 43, , , '48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 23, , , '10 Cereals 5, , , '63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags , '39 Plastics and articles thereof 1, , , '90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical... 1, , '05 Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included '84 Machinery, mechanical appliances, nuclear reactors, boilers; parts thereof 1, '99 Commodities not elsewhere specified '42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles '53 Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn '95 Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof '62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted '82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal '64 Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous '12 grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal '76 Aluminium and articles thereof '74 Copper and articles thereof '59 Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable '52 Cotton '96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles '87 Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof

6 Product code Product label Pakistan's imports from Iran, Islamic Republic of (US$ Thousand) 'TOTAL All products 185, , , Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of '27 their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral... 58, , , '08 Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons 7, , , '72 Iron and steel 21, , , '89 Ships, boats and floating structures 27, , , '69 Ceramic products 2, , , '41 Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 13, , , '25 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering '07 materials, lime and cement 9, , , Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 15, , , '39 Plastics and articles thereof 4, , , '29 Organic chemicals 3, , , '40 Rubber and articles thereof , , '70 Glass and glassware , , '99 Commodities not elsewhere specified , '09 Coffee, tea, maté and spices 4, , , '34 Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial , , '04 Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere , , '57 Carpets and other textile floor coverings , '28 Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, , '79 Zinc and articles thereof - - 1, '12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal '73 Articles of iron or steel 1,