Transit of Goods via Iran Increases over 28% in 8 Months

Iranian Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Shahriyar Afandizadeh made the remarks, saying that 9,458,862 tons of commodities were transited via Iran in the first eight months of the current year.

He noted that in the Iranian month of Aban (October 23 – November 21) alone, 1,541,849 million tons of goods were transited via Iran, marking a 6.84% increase compared to the same period last year.

During this month, oil goods transit rose by 48.7%, amounting to 2,923,937 million tons, and non-oil goods transit increased by 20.8%, totaling 6,534,925 million tons, Afandizadeh said.

Iran is a country with a special status in trade and transit relations due to its strategic location and special geography, as it is the passage of several important international corridors.

Considering its geographical location, Iran can play a significant role in the transit of goods in the region and benefit a lot from its status in this due.

Paying attention to upstream documents, especially the country's development plans, and the government's decision to develop transit, paying special attention to infrastructure development, reducing transit time, making it cheaper to cross Iran and making more advantages over competitors, due to the short path for customers, can lead to facilitating the development of transit so that the country can reach the desired growth in this due.

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