Transit of Goods via Iran Grows 37 Percent in 9 Months

Iranian Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for Transportation Affairs Shahriar Afandizadeh said that the transit of goods via the Iranian territory has increased 37% in the first nine months of the current year.

Over 11,073,862 million tons of products were transited from Iran during the said period, registering a 37% hike compared to the same period last year, he noted.

Afandizadeh added that over 3 million tons of oil products were transited from the country in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, showing a 77.23 percent increase compared to the same period last year.

Also, over 7 million tons of non-oil goods were transited from the country in the same period, registering a 24.1 percent hike compared to the last year’s corresponding period, he 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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