Cargo transit via Iran up 58.5% in 4 months to late July: IRICA
Cargo transit via the Iranian territory rose significantly in the four months to July 21 compared to the same period last year, according to head of the country’s customs office (IRICA).
Mohammad Reza Rezvanifar said on Monday that the volume of cargo transit through Iran in the four months to late July had reached a total of 7.622 million metric tons (mt), an increase of 58.5% from the same period in 2023.
Rezvanifar said cargo transit via the Piranshahr border crossing, located on the border between Iran and Iraq’s Kurdistan region, had witnessed a 661% year on year increase in the March-July period, the largest among all border crossings in Iran.
Transit activity at Sarakhs crossing, a key trade gateway between Iran and Central Asia on the border with Turkmenistan, rose by 286% over the same period, he said.
The Parvizkhan customs office, located in Iran’s province of Kermanshah on the western border with Iraq, was responsible for the largest part of cargo transit via Iran in the four months to late July, said the IRICA chief, adding that cargo transit via the crossing had reached 2.166 million mt over the period.
Iran’s largest container port of Shahid Rajaei, located on the Persian Gulf coast, came second in terms of the volume of foreign cargo processed for transit via the country in March-July, said Rezvanifar.
Iran has eased restrictions on foreign cargo transit while introducing plans to improve its railways and roads infrastructure in recent years.
That has come as part of efforts to generate more revenues for the country from a growing freight transport activity on the north-south and east-west trade corridors in the region.
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