Factbox-Who are Iran's trading partners facing 25% US tariffs?

Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump on Monday ⁠said any ‍country that does business with Iran will face a 25% tariff on trade with the U.S., as Tehran grapples with its most substantial anti-government ‍protests in years.

Iran, a member of the OPEC oil producers group, exported ​products to 147 trading partners in 2022, according to the most recent data from the World Bank.

Fuel ​is Iran's biggest export item by value, while major imports include intermediate goods, vegetables, machinery and equipment.

CHINA

China is Iran's largest trading partner. Iranian exports to China amounted to $22 billion in 2022, with fuels ​accounting for more than half of the total, according to the World Bank. Imports from China stood at $15 billion.

In 2025, China bought more than 80% of Iran's ​shipped oil, according to data from Kpler, an analytics firm. Iranian oil has a limited pool of buyers because of ‌U.S. sanctions that seek to cut off funding to Tehran's nuclear programme.

INDIA

India's total bilateral trade with Iran stood at $1.34 billion for the first ​10 months of 2025, according to India's commerce ⁠ministry. Major Indian exports to Iran include basmati rice, fruits, vegetables, drugs and other pharmaceutical products.

TURKEY

Turkish exports to Iran were $2.3 billion in ‌full-year 2025, while imports were $2.2 billion over 11 months of the year, according to sector and official data sources.

GERMANY

Iran's exports to Germany stood at around 217 million euros in the first eleven months ‌of 2025, an increase of 1.7%, according to data from the state-owned international economic promotion agency Germany ‌Trade & Invest. German exports to Iran fell by a quarter to 871 million euros over the period.

SOUTH KOREA

South Korea's exports to Iran between January and November 2025 were marginal at $129 million, while imports ‍stood at $1.6 million during the same period, according to data from the Korea International Trade Association.

JAPAN

Japan imported modest amounts of fruit, vegetables ⁠and textiles from Iran and shipped some machinery and vehicle engines there, according to the latest trade data from Japan that goes through November 2025.

(Reporting by Jihoon Lee, Heekyong Yang, John Geddie, Shubham Kalia, Akanksha Khushi, Christoph Steitz and Jonathan Spicer; Compiled by Miyoung Kim and Adam Jourdan; Editing by Sharon Singleton)

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