# Iran (Islamic Republic of) exporter opportunity index

This page reviews 86,287 screened market and product opportunities for Iran (Islamic Republic of). It combines reported trade observations with calculated opportunity indicators.

## Summary

- Latest reported exports: $12.9B
- Calculated three-year addressable opportunity: $6.2T
- Active partner markets: 270
- FTA partners: 5
- Profile year: 2024

## Top Opportunities

| Rank | Buyer market | Product | Addressable 3-year value | Buyer CAGR | Exporter share | Share gap | Signal |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | China (CHN) | HS 260111 Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $118.3B | +18.9% | 0.5% | 63.4% | Accelerating |
| 2 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $115.5B | +4.7% | 0% | 61.1% | Slowing |
| 3 | China (CHN) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $97.5B | +18.1% | 0.3% | 20.3% | Growing |
| 4 | China (CHN) | HS 854231 Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $93.1B | +18.1% | 0% | 35.8% | Accelerating |
| 5 | India (IND) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $67.9B | +13.8% | 2.7% | 35.4% | Growing |
| 6 | China (CHN) | HS 854232 Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $65.7B | +17.4% | 0% | 50.3% | Declining |
| 7 | China (CHN) | HS 854239 Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $61.4B | +15.9% | 0% | 48.2% | Slowing |
| 8 | China (CHN) | HS 260300 Copper ores and concentrates | $35.3B | +20.3% | 0% | 32.4% | Stable |
| 9 | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKG) | HS 851712 Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $32.7B | +11.6% | 0% | 77.6% | Declining |
| 10 | Republic of Korea (KOR) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $31.2B | +7.2% | 3.4% | 33.2% | Growing |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $29.5B | +2.9% | 0% | 42.9% | Declining |
| 12 | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKG) | HS 854239 Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $29.1B | +7.1% | 0% | 40.4% | Stable |
| 13 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 870323 Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $28.7B | +3.9% | 0% | 28.1% | Accelerating |
| 14 | Switzerland, Liechtenstein (CHE) | HS 300490 Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $27.7B | +12.3% | 0% | 47.7% | Growing |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates (ARE) | HS 851712 Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $27.3B | +20.6% | 0% | 57.8% | Slowing |
| 16 | China (CHN) | HS 271111 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $27.1B | +39.1% | 0% | 34.9% | Accelerating |
| 17 | China (CHN) | HS 851712 Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $26.3B | +15.4% | 0% | 49.5% | Growing |
| 18 | Turkey (TUR) | HS 271019 Product description unavailable | $23.6B | +16.7% | 0% | 62.2% | Growing |
| 19 | Taiwan (TWN) | HS 854232 Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $23.1B | +8.4% | 0% | 45.2% | Accelerating |
| 20 | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKG) | HS 854231 Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $21.3B | +9.8% | 0% | 48.6% | Declining |
| 21 | Mexico (MEX) | HS 271012 Product description unavailable | $20.7B | +12.7% | 0% | 96.2% | Accelerating |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates (ARE) | HS 710812 Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $20.2B | +43.7% | 0% | 12.9% | Growing |
| 23 | Germany (DEU) | HS 850760 Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $19.8B | +19.2% | 0% | 52.9% | Declining |
| 24 | China (CHN) | HS 848620 Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits | $19.1B | +29.9% | 0% | 28.6% | Stable |
| 25 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 300490 Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $19.0B | +14% | 0% | 16.7% | Accelerating |
| 26 | Netherlands (NLD) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $18.5B | +6.5% | 0% | 31.1% | Declining |
| 27 | Mexico (MEX) | HS 271019 Product description unavailable | $18.4B | +12.8% | 0% | 96.3% | Accelerating |
| 28 | Turkey (TUR) | HS 710812 Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $17.8B | +32.1% | 0% | 45.5% | Declining |
| 29 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 854239 Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $17.5B | +4.4% | 0% | 53.4% | Declining |
| 30 | China (CHN) | HS 740311 Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $17.5B | +17.5% | 0.2% | 35.6% | Growing |
| 31 | China (CHN) | HS 847180 Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 | $16.9B | +19.1% | 0% | 63.8% | Growing |
| 32 | Germany (DEU) | HS 271121 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $16.4B | +4.2% | 0% | 72.4% | Growing |
| 33 | China (CHN) | HS 270210 Lignite: whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated, excluding jet | $16.3B | +47.5% | 0% | 89.5% | Slowing |
| 34 | China (CHN) | HS 270112 Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $16.2B | +24.7% | 0% | 26.6% | Slowing |
| 35 | Thailand (THA) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $15.1B | +8.4% | 0% | 41.8% | Declining |
| 36 | India (IND) | HS 851770 Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $14.8B | +18.2% | 0% | 82.3% | Accelerating |
| 37 | India (IND) | HS 271111 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $14.8B | +70.5% | 0% | 53.9% | Slowing |
| 38 | United Kingdom (GBR) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $14.4B | +5.5% | 0.1% | 40.8% | Slowing |
| 39 | China (CHN) | HS 870323 Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $13.9B | +13.2% | 0% | 40.7% | Accelerating |
| 40 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 950300 Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $13.8B | +3.8% | 0% | 77.3% | Declining |
| 41 | Mexico (MEX) | HS 851712 Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $13.5B | +16.9% | 0% | 73.4% | Accelerating |
| 42 | Singapore (SGP) | HS 854231 Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $13.0B | +6.4% | 0% | 39.1% | Declining |
| 43 | Italy (ITA) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $13.0B | +5.3% | 0.1% | 28.6% | Declining |
| 44 | China (CHN) | HS 260600 Aluminium ores and concentrates | $12.9B | +29.3% | 0% | 75.2% | Declining |
| 45 | Canada (CAN) | HS 270900 Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $12.9B | +5.6% | 0% | 66.4% | Slowing |
| 46 | Belgium (BEL) | HS 271019 Product description unavailable | $12.8B | +9.1% | 0% | 61.2% | Declining |
| 47 | Russia (RUS) | HS 870323 Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $12.3B | +12.7% | 0% | 91.1% | Slowing |
| 48 | Germany (DEU) | HS 271019 Product description unavailable | $12.2B | +5.8% | 0.4% | 53.9% | Accelerating |
| 49 | Viet Nam (VNM) | HS 851770 Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $12.1B | +20.7% | 0% | 58.8% | Slowing |
| 50 | India (IND) | HS 270112 Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $12.0B | +12.2% | 0% | 57.3% | Growing |

## Sector View

- Electrical machinery (HS2 85): $1.3T across 7,007 screened opportunities.
- Mineral fuels (HS2 27): $777.7B across 817 screened opportunities.
- Machinery (HS2 84): $716.2B across 11,191 screened opportunities.
- Other or unclassified products (Other or unclassified products): $407.3B across 291 screened opportunities.
- Vehicles (HS2 87): $334.7B across 2,108 screened opportunities.
- Ores, slag and ash (HS2 26): $218.5B across 213 screened opportunities.
- Plastics (HS2 39): $210.9B across 4,154 screened opportunities.
- Pharmaceutical products (HS2 30): $202.3B across 806 screened opportunities.
- Optical and medical instruments (HS2 90): $145.5B across 2,728 screened opportunities.
- Furniture and lighting (HS2 94): $123.0B across 1,992 screened opportunities.

## Reported Export Footprint

- China (CHN): $3.9B reported exports; YoY +27%.
- Turkey (TUR): $2.2B reported exports; YoY +29.5%.
- Pakistan (PAK): $1.1B reported exports; YoY +88.6%.
- India (IND): $943.6M reported exports; YoY +25.6%.
- Azerbaijan (AZE): $592.5M reported exports; YoY +56.5%.
- Armenia (ARM): $584.5M reported exports; YoY +19.9%.
- United Arab Emirates (ARE): $499.3M reported exports; YoY +43%.
- Oman (OMN): $310.4M reported exports; YoY +15.6%.

## Corridor Risk and Signals

- China (CHN): Critical attention; Volatile products account for the largest observed corridor exposure.
- Turkey (TUR): High attention; Volatile products account for the largest observed corridor exposure.
- United Arab Emirates (ARE): High attention; Buyer-market concentration is the largest observed corridor exposure.
- Pakistan (PAK): High attention; Buyer-market concentration is the largest observed corridor exposure.
- India (IND): High attention; Buyer-market concentration is the largest observed corridor exposure.
- Thailand (THA): Critical attention; Volatile products account for the largest observed corridor exposure.

## Region View

- Europe: $1.9T across 41 buyer markets.
- East Asia: $1.6T across 8 buyer markets.
- North America: $814.4B across 3 buyer markets.
- Middle East: $580.2B across 13 buyer markets.
- Southeast Asia: $475.0B across 9 buyer markets.
- South Asia: $372.8B across 7 buyer markets.
- Africa: $157.4B across 51 buyer markets.
- Central Asia: $96.1B across 5 buyer markets.

## How to Read

Addressable opportunity is a calculated screening indicator, not a reported order value. Opportunities are included when latest buyer imports exceed $50.0K and at least 3 trade years are available.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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