Iran | Imports and Exports | World | Cotton | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2003 - 2018
The value of exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" from Iran totalled $ 2.94 million in 2018. Sales of commodity group 52 from Iran went up by 130% compared to 2017: exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" went up by $ 1.66 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 52 from Iran amounted $1.27 million in 2017)
Exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" amounted to 0.003% of total exports from Iran (cumulative merchandise exports from Iran totalled $ 96 billion in 2018). The share of commodity group 52 in total exports from Iran increased by 0.001 p.p. compared to 2017 (it was 0.001% in 2017 and cumulative exports from Iran were equal to $ 105 billion).
Where does Iran export Cotton?
Top export destinations of "Cotton" from Iran in 2018:
- Turkey with a share of 45% (1.33 million US$)
- Iraq with a share of 31% (922 thousand US$)
- Afghanistan with a share of 8.54% (251 thousand US$)
- Turkmenistan with a share of 7.29% (214 thousand US$)
- Azerbaijan with a share of 2.85% (83 thousand US$)
- Pakistan with a share of 1.6% (47 thousand US$)
- Ukraine - 28 thousand US$
- Georgia - 16.9 thousand US$
- Armenia - 14.9 thousand US$
- United Arab Emirates - 7.57 thousand US$
Exports structure of 52 - Cotton - from Iran in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 45% (1.32 million US$): 5203 - Cotton, carded or combed
- 21% (636 thousand US$): 5212 - Other woven fabrics of cotton.
- 12% (353 thousand US$): 5208 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 5.5% (162 thousand US$): 5205 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
- 4.53% (133 thousand US$): 5211 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 3.94% (116 thousand US$): 5204 - Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale
- 2.85% (84 thousand US$): 5202 - Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- 2.35% (69 thousand US$): 5206 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 1.5% (44 thousand US$): 5210 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 0.444% (13 thousand US$): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2
The value of imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" to Iran totalled $ 179 million in 2018. Sales of commodity group 52 to Iran decreased by 3.44% in value terms compared to 2017. imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" decreased by $ 6.39 million (the value of imports of commodity group 52 to Iran was equal to $185 million in 2017)
Imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" accounted for 0.434% of total import flow to Iran (in 2018, total imports to Iran amounted to $ 41 billion). The share of commodity group 52 in total imports to Iran increased by 0.074 p.p. compared to 2017 (it was 0.359% in 2017 and cumulative imports to Iran were equal to $ 51 billion).
Where does Iran import Cotton from?
Top trading partners (import of "Cotton") of Iran in 2018:
- Turkey with a share of 39% (69 million US$)
- Uzbekistan with a share of 18.6% (33 million US$)
- United Arab Emirates with a share of 13.9% (24 million US$)
- Tajikistan with a share of 13.3% (23 million US$)
- China with a share of 5.6% (10 million US$)
- India with a share of 4.34% (7.78 million US$)
- Switzerland with a share of 2.25% (4.04 million US$)
- Spain - 1.2 million US$
- Italy - 954 thousand US$
- Turkmenistan - 676 thousand US$
Imports structure of 52 - Cotton - to Iran in 2018 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 76% (137 million US$): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
- 16.1% (29 million US$): 5205 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
- 1.94% (3.48 million US$): 5208 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 1.86% (3.34 million US$): 5206 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 1.05% (1.89 million US$): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 0.804% (1.44 million US$): 5211 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 0.704% (1.26 million US$): 5212 - Other woven fabrics of cotton.
- 0.228% (410 thousand US$): 5203 - Cotton, carded or combed
- 0.143% (257 thousand US$): 5204 - Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale
- 0.12% (216 thousand US$): 5210 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
