Iran's non-oil exports mainly include commodity and low-value products, but its imports mainly include advanced and high-priced products. In the current conditions, due to the sanctions imposed by the United States, China is Iran's largest trading partner in providing chemicals. But the supply of these compounds from other countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Korea, Turkey and Germany is still taking place.
On the products’ side, Iran relies on imports of particular agricultural commodities, cars and auto parts, electronics, and steel products
Iran’s arid climate and its flourishing livestock and poultry industries create a massive demand for animal-grade Agri-products. Also, the rice and sugar are among the highly imported products.
Although Iran has a considerable auto-industry, it relies on imports of parts for its numerous assembly lines. Also, the local production is limited to affordable cars, and the market relies on imports for the more expensive models.
The electronics market, both the consumer and the industrial equipment segments account for a lot of imported goods. The steel industry, although growing fast, lacks the downstream facilities needed to produce flat products. Thus, steel imports are among the most imported products to Iran.
According to available statistics, the most chemical items imported into the country include toluene, formic acid, ammonia, sulfuric acid, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, methanol, ethylene glycol, acetone, glycerol, hexane, glacial acetic acid, phenol, hydrochloric acid and many other compounds.
List of the most important imported chemicals
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