Official:

Transit of Goods Via Iran Grows 22% in 7 Months

Date: 04 November 2023 - 21:39

News ID: ۱۲۱۰۷۸

TEHRAN – Deputy minister of roads and urban development for transportation affairs Shahriar Afandizadeh has said that over seven million tons of goods were transited from the Iranian territory in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year, registering a 22 percent growth compared to the same period last year.
Some 7,917,000 tons of goods were transited via Iranian territory from March 21 to October 22, 2023, according to the.
Transit of goods via Iranian land from August 22 to October 22, 2023, registered a 74 percent hike compared to last year’s corresponding period, Afandizadeh stated.
He revealed the stabilization and continuation of growth in the performance of the country’s transit in the current year (started March 21, 2023) and said 7,917,013 tons of goods were transited through Iranian land in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year, showing a 22 percent hike.
Afandizadeh pointed out that the transit of oil- and non-oil goods via Iranian soil from March 21 to October 22, 2023 registered a 34.12 and 17.49 percent hike respectively compared to the same period of last year.
Considering the priority given by the current administration to the concept of development and increase in transit of goods and also drastic measures taken by the minister of roads and urban development in this regard, it is expected that the country will witness the growing trend, he went on to say.