Iran Daily - Domestic Economy - 04/11/06: "Persian Rugs Will Adorn Oman Palaces
Iran exported $370 million worth of fine rugs and carpets during March 2005-January 2006.
TEHRAN, April 10--Palaces in the Persian Gulf Sultanate of Oman will be adorned with fine Persian rugs, said a carpet industry official here on Monday.
Seyyed Jalaleddin Bassam, who heads the Carpet Joint Stock Company, told Fars news agency that the company has received orders for weaving nine rugs for Omani palaces.
He said the contract is worth $440,000 for the 250 square meters of fine hand woven carpets.
The contract has been signed officially with the government in Muscat.
“Some 45 weavers will work on the project and the carpets will be woven in the northwestern city of Tabriz,“ where the finest Persian rugs are produced.
He said the company has launched an international marketing campaign for promoting its works, stressing that Oman is one of the traditional customers of Iranian rugs.
Iran exported $370.5 million worth of fine rugs and carpets during March 2005-January 2006.
Some 67 percent of the consignments went to Germany, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Italy and Japan.
Germany imported $89.6 million worth of carpets from Iran in the period, exports to the US reached $67.2 million while the figures for UAE, Italy and Japan stood at $34.3 million, $33.1 million and $24 million, respectively.
Iran exported a total of $248 million worth of rugs to the five countries. The figure was 10 percent higher compared to the same period in the previous year."
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