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Iran
Carpets
After the 1979 Revolution, the customary high volume of carpet
exports was sharply reduced because of the new regime's policy
of conserving carpets as national treasures and its refusal to
export them to "corrupt Westerners." This policy was abandoned
in 1984 in view of carpets' importance as a source of foreign
exchange. Carpet exports more than tripled in value (from US$35
million to US$110 million) and doubled in weight (from 1,154 tons
to 2,845 tons) between March and August 1986, which contributed
to a fall in world carpet prices.
Data as of December 1987
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