Transit of Goods through Iran Increases 56%
The IRICA added that over 3.6 million tons of goods were transited through Iran in the first two months of the Iranian calendar year, showing a 56.5% hike compared to the same period last year.
Parvizkhan customs on Iran’s western borders with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region ranked first by registering 1.07 million tons of commodities in the two-month period, which accounted for 29.5% of the foreign transit.
Shahid Rajayee customs in the southern parts of the country recorded the second-largest foreign transit in the period, registering 893,000 tons of goods.
Also, 474,000 million tons of the commodities went through Bashmaq customs which connects Iran to Iraq, coming third in this regard.
During this period, the largest increase in foreign transit went to the customs of Piranshahr, Sarakhs, and Parvizkhan, marking a rise of 726%, 294%, and 238%, respectively.
Figures released by the IRICA for the first month of the Iranian year had indicated that the country’s foreign trade (total exports and imports), increased by 47.63% compared to same period last year.
“The country's foreign trade (total exports and imports), including crude oil, gas condensate, technical engineering and electricity services, increased by 47.63% to $10,420,000 in the month of Farvardin this year (March 19-April 20, 2024),” IRICA said in a report.
“Of the total exports and imports of the country, $7,680,000,000 were exports and $2,740,000,000 imports,” the report added.
According to IRICA, the country's trade balance, including crude oil, gas condensate, technical engineering and electricity services, in Farvardin compared to the same period last year, was positive by $4,940,000,000.
“The exports of crude oil, mazut and gas condensate in Farvardin this year was $4,180,000,00,” added the report, while saying, “The value of the country's exports in Farvardin this year shows a 16.85% decrease compared to the same period last year.”
“During this period (the first Iranian month), 9,700,000 tons of goods were exported to other countries, indicating a decrease of 9.66% compared to the same period last year.”
“The main destinations for Iran's exported goods in Farvardin this year were China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Oman, respectively and these seven countries accounted for 78% of the total weight and 83% of the total value of the country's exports,” the IRICA report continued.
“The exports of petrochemical products was 3.3 million tons worth $1,400,000,000, showing a decrease of 25.7% in weight and 24% in value,” compared to last year’s Farvardin, it further said.
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