TEHRAN - The Director General of Customs of the Province Yazd Province has announced that the province exported over 1.65 million tonnes of goods worth $364 million in the first half of the current Iranian year, marking significant growth in both volume and value. 
Muhammad Ghasempour said that major exports included ceramics, molybdenum oxide, copper cathode, steel sections, and hydrocarbons, with Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China as key trade partners. The province also recorded a trade surplus of approximately $200 million, reflecting a 287% increase compared to the same period last year.
Ghasempour added the export of 1,659,584 tonnes of goods abroad from Yazd Customs in the first half of the current year. He stated: “These goods, valued at $364,255,000, were exported through 23,441 declarations, showing a 30% growth in the number of declarations, an increase of over 52% in the weight of goods, and 85% in value.”
He named Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and China as the province’s major export partners during this period and specified: “The most exported goods of the province in this period were tiles and ceramics, molybdenum oxide, copper cathode, steel sections, and hydrocarbons.”
Ghasempour, noting that the province’s export value in Shahrivar of this year recorded a new export ceiling with a 110% growth compared to the same period last year, pointed to the customs offices under this general administration and emphasized: “More than 95% of Yazd Province’s exports are carried out through the Yazd Customs gateway, where the export value has grown by 89% compared to the same period.”
The Director General of Customs of the Province continued by addressing the province’s performance in import procedures and specified: “In the first six months of this year, more than 87,478 tons of goods were imported into the country through Yazd Customs via over one thousand declarations, valued at more than $164,970,000, showing a 20% growth in the number of declarations, over 36% in weight, and 13% in value.”
This official, announcing that the main imported goods of the province are raw materials for production units, spare parts, and production line machinery, said: “The origin of these goods was mostly from Turkey, China, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, and Italy.”
The official, in conclusion, mentioned Yazd’s trade balance in the first half of this year as approximately $200 million positive and noted: “This figure has recorded a growth of about 287% compared to the same period last year.”