Mr. Latifi stated that we had a good jump in trade with South Africa, but we have not achieved our goals, and clarified: Last year, Iran exported 254 million 268 thousand USD to South Africa with a growth of 570% compared to 2019, and imported 6 million 445 thousand USD.
The spokesman of the customs emphasized that based on the trade statistics in the last decade, the trade between Iran and the African continent has had many ups and downs, and noted that the customs is ready to sign a trade agreement to increase the speed of trade, customs control and exchange and processing of information in order to increase exchanges. According to his speech , the raw materials and machinery of imported goods and oil derivatives, petroleum refinery, food and minerals were exported products to South Africa.