Jahangiri made the remarks in an address to the Seminar of Surveying Mechanisms of Meeting Economy of Resistance and Regional Development.

He said oil exports and production has risen by 2.2-fold than the figure last year.

The official said in the first four months of this year (started on March 20), export of non-oil commodities rose by 36 percent in weight and 21 percent in value compared to that in the same period the year before.