IRICA said 1.158 million tons of goods, valued at $5.141 billion, were imported by the knowledge-based companies into the country from March 21, 2023, to March 19, 2024.
About 85% of the goods imported by the knowledge-based companies came from China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, Germany and India, it added, Mehr news agency reported.
The domestic knowledge-based companies exported their products to China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Russia in this period, IRICA said.
In this period, the knowledge-based companies accounted for 2.6 and 5 percent of the country’s total exports in weight and value respectively.
IRICA added that advanced materials and products based on chemical technologies accounted for about 80% of the export value of these companies.
China was Iran's first buyer of knowledge-based products in this period.