Iran’s carpet exports increased by %

According to the “Tehran Times” report, according to statistics released by Iranian Customs, in the first eight months of 2009 (from March 21 to November 20 in the Iranian year), Iran’s handwoven carpet exports were US$291 million, year-on-year. An increase of 7%. In recent years, the Iranian carpet industry has encountered fierce competition from foreign companies that imitate Iranian Persian carpet designs. Their carpet prices are much lower than Iranian carpet prices, so it is not easy to achieve such results. There are currently 1.2 million people in Iran engaged in hand-weaving carpets.
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