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2 Editorial Irano-British Quarterly Magazine No. 61 Happy Nowrouz On the occasion of the arrival of ancient Iranian’s Nowrouz, I wish to convey my best wishes to all Iranian from Iran and other parts of the World Happy Nowrouz. This message is sent with the pope that the new year, and the years to come, more than ever, will be year of friendship, fellowship, peace and tranquility, in the region and all over the world. A peace and tranquility that will bring mutual understanding and cooperation in the field of economics. A year to end all the international and regional shortcomings and failures. A year full of workmanship, efforts, and economic development at both international and regional relationship between Iran and Britain as two old trade partners. Dr. Amir Houshang Amini Irano-British Quarterly Magazine No. 61 Report 3 Iran's foreign trade during the nine month of year 1396 (20 March 2017 to 20 December 2017) According to the statistics Iran's foreign trades as indicated in the of the I.R of Iran's volume during the nine following tables: Customs Department, the month of the year 1396 are Primary import/export statistics of non-oil goods with the calculation of gas’s Liquidities during the nine month of 1396 nine month of the year nine month of the year Percent of changes 1396 1395 Activity Weight Value Weight Value (Thousand (Million (Thousand (Million Weight Value tons) Dollar) tons) Dollar) Import 26.595 37.570 25.147 31.755 5.76 18.31 Export 88.576 31.640 95.125 32.413 -6.88 -2.39 4 Report Irano-British Quarterly Magazine No. 61 Imports: The most important imports 4.052 thousand Tons and 6.656 thousand tons and 2.563 million during the nine month of 1396, million Dollars and 15.24 percent Dollars and 4.15 percent of have been done with countries, as of weight and 17.72 percent of weight and 6.82 percent of value follows: 1) "China" with 3.581 value, 3) "Turkey" with 1.589 and 5) "Germany" with 684 thou- thousand tons and 9.452 million thousand tons and 2.576 million sand tons and 2.095 million Do- Dollars and 13.46 percent of Dollars and 5.98 percent of llars and 2.57 percent of weight weight and 25.16 percent of value, weight and 6.86 percent of value, and 5.58 percent of value. 2) "United Arab Emirates" with 4) "Republic of Korea" with 1.104 Five main countries dealing with Iran in importing goods according to the value During the nine month of 1396 Other countries 1st ChinaQtr 37.86 2nd Qtr % 25.16 3rd Qtr % 4th Qtr Slice 5 United Arab Slice 6 Emirates Slice 7 17.72% Germany Slice 8 Republic of Korea Turkey 5.58% 6.82% 6.86% Exports: During the nine month of 1396, a petrochemical products and other agricultural, mineral, carpet and compound of exported goods with kinds of goods such as industrial, handicrafts are as follows: the separation of gas liquidities, Export statistics of goods separating of gas liquidities, petrochemical products And other kinds of goods during nine month of the years 1395-96 nine month of the year 1396 nine month of the year 1395 Share of Total Sort of exported goods Weight value Weight value Weight Dollar (Thousand Tons) (Million Dollar) (Thousand Tons) (Million Dollar) Petrochemical 19.617 9.584 23.202 10.379 -15.45 -7.67 products Gas liquidities 12.996 5.098 13.374 5.245 -2.83 -2.81 Other kind of 55.964 16.958 58.549 16.789 -4.42 1.01 goods Total 88.576 31.640 95.125 32.413 -6.88 -2.39 Irano-British Quarterly Magazine No. 61 Report 5 Percent of Weight of Exported goods Percent of Value of Exported goods During the nine month of the year 1396 During the nine month of the year 1396 Gas liquidities Gas liquidities 14.67% 16.11 1st Qtr 1st %Qtr 2nd Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 3rd Qtr Slice 4 Slice 4 Other kind of goods Petrochemical Products Petrochemical Products Other kind of goods 63.18 22.15% 24.93% % 53.60% During the nine month of 1396, Dollars and 10.96 percent of million1st Dollars Qtr and 8.23 percent most of exports have done with weight and 14.63 percent of of weight and 9.52 percent of 2nd Qtr the countries, as follows: value, 3)"United Arab Emirate" value, and 5)"Af-ghanistan" with 1)"China" with 24.798 thousand with 12.836 thousand tons and 4.646 3rdthousand Qtr tons and value of tons and value of 6.527 million value of 4.458 Million Dollars 2.004 4thmillion Qtr dollars and 5.04 Dollars and 28.00 percent of and 14.49 percent of weight and percentSlice of 5 weight and 6.33 weight and 20.63 percent of 14.09 percent of value , 4)"Re- percentSlice of value 6 . value, 2)"Iraq" with 9.706 tho- public of Korea" with 7.293 Slice 7 usand tons value of 4.628 million thousand tons and value of 3.011 Slice 8 Five mail countries dealing with Iran in exporting goods according to the value During the nine month of 1396 Chinaچین Other countries 20.63 34.80% %77.22 % Iraq 14.63% Afghanistan Republic of Korea United Arab Emirate 6.33 % 14.09 9.52% % Average price of each ton of exported goods has been 357 Dollars, increasing 4069 percent in value compared with the similar period last year. 6 Tehran Irano-British Quarterly Magazine No. 61 "Tehran" Tehran, as one of the main tourist destinations in Iran, has a wealth of cultural attractions. It is home to royal complexes of Golestan, Saadabad and Niavaran, which were built under the reign of the country's last two monarchies. There are several historic, artistic and scientific museums in Tehran, including the National Museum, the Malek Museum, the Cinema Museum at Ferdows Garden, the Abgineh Museum, Museum of the Qasr Prison, the Carpet Museum, the Reverse Glass Painting Museum (vitray art), and the Safir Office Machines Museum. There is also the Museum of Contemporary Art, which hosts works of famous artists such as Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol. The Iranian Imperial Crown Jewels, one of the largest jewel collections in the world, are also on display at Tehran's National Jewelry Museum. A number of cultural and trade exhibitions take place in Tehran, which are mainly operated by the country's International Exhibitions Company. Tehran's annual International Book Fair is known to the international publishing world as one of the most important publishing events in Asia. Tehran is the capital of Iran and is the most populous city in Iran population of its metropolitan Tehran Province. With a and Western Asia, and it has the area. In the Classical era, part of population of around 8.8 million second-largest metropolitan area the territory of present-day The- in the city and 15 million in its in the Middle East. It is ranked ran was occupied by Rhages, larger metropolitan area, Tehran 29th in the world by the prominent Median city. It was Irano-British Quarterly Magazine No. 61 Tehran 7 subject to destruction following territory of present-day Tehran the city was recovered under the the Arab, Turkic, and Mongol was a suburb of the prominent reigns of the Saljughs and the invasions. Its modern-day inh- Median city of Ray). Kharazmians. eritor remains as an urban area In the Avesta's Videvdat, Rages Medieval writer Najm-od-Din absorbed into the metropolitan is mentioned as the 12th sacred Razi declared the population of area of Greater Tehran. place created by Ohrmazd. Ray about 500,000 before the Tehran was first chosen as the In Old Persian inscriptions, Ray Mongol invasion. In the 13th capital of Iran by Agha Moh- appears as a province (Bisotun 2, cen-tury, the Mongols invaded ammad Khan of the Qajar 10–18). From Ray, Darius I sent Ray, laid the city in ruins, and dynasty in 1796, in order to reinforcements to his father Hys- massacred many of its inha- remain within close reach of taspes, who was putting down the bitants. Iran's territories in the Caucasus, rebellion in Parthia (Bisotun 3, Following the invasion, many of before being separated from Iran 1–10). In some Middle Persian the city's inhabitants escaped to as a result of the Russo-Iranian texts, Ray is given as the bir- Tehran. Wars, and to avoid the vying thplace of Zoroaster, although In July 1404, Castilian amba- factions of the previously ruling modern hist-orians generally ssador Roy González de Clavijo Iranian dynasties. place the birth of Zoroaster in visited Tehran while on a journey The city was the seat of the Khorasan. Ray's modern-day inh- to Samarkand, the capital of Tur- Qajars and Pahlavis, the two last eritor, Ray, is a city located co-Mongol conqueror Teymur, monarchies of Iran. It is home to towards the southern end of who ruled Iran at the time. In his many historical collections, incl- Tehran, which has been absorbed diary, Tehran was described as uding the royal complexes of into the metropolitan area of an unwalled region. Golestan, Saadabad, and Nia- Greater Tehran. Mount Dam- Early modern era: Italian varan, as well as the country's avand, the highest peak of Iran, traveler Pietro della Valle passed most important governmental which is located near Tehran, is through Tehran overnight in buildings of the modern era.