Exports to Iran increase by 26%

IRISH trade with Iran is soaring despite the US requesting EU member states to limit their involvement with the country.

Statistics for the first 10 months of 2006 showed that exports to Iran rose by 26% compared with the same period the previous year.

From January to October 2006, €19.5 million worth of products, such as food, chemicals and machinery, was sent to Iran, compared with €15.5m in the same period in 2005.