The value of exports also went down 2.8 percent, bringing in 2.3 billion dollars in September compared with 2.4 billion during the same period in 2019, the monthly report said, attributing the decline to a decrease in prices of some commodities, such as oil products, ready-to-wear clothes and fertilizers.

The report also pointed to a 21.3 percent drop in the value of imports from 6.4 billion dollars in September last year to 5 billion in September 2020.