Iran Exports 567,925 Tons of Goods via Southeastern Province

“In the first three months of the current year, about 567,925 tons of goods worth $52.374 million were exported through the provincial customs,” said Qorban Karimi, the supervisor of Sistan and Balouchestan’s Customs Office.

The amount of exports increased by 22% in weight compared to the same period last year and decreased by 20% in value.

In the first three months of this year, 657,751 tons of goods worth $533.939 million were imported through Sistan and Balouchestan Customs, which shows an 18% increase in value and 61% growth in weight compared to the same period last year, he added.

Karimi also noted that the volume of foreign transit in the first three months of this year was 288,527 tons, an increase of 22% compared to the same period last year.

In a relevant development in March, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister and Head of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Hassan Abbaszadeh announced that the country had exported nearly $12 billion dollars of petrochemicals in the first 11 months of the past Persian calendar year.

“The total export of the petrochemical industry in the first 11 months was about $12 billion, of which $9.14 billion was supplied,” said Abbaszadeh.

"Our estimate is that in March, the country's petrochemical industry will earn about $800 million to $1 billion in foreign exchange, and the total export of the petrochemical industry this year will reach $13 billion," he added.

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