BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 1. Trade between Iran and Turkmenistan through the Shaheed Shushtari Customs in Sarakhs, located in Razavi Khorasan Province, increased by 40 percent in the first six months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through September 22, 2025) compared with the same period last year (from March 20 through September 21, 2024), Aliakbar Kiani Aliabad, head of customs, told reporters, Trend reports.
During the first six months of the Iranian year, trade through the customs post reached 2.63 million tons, up from 1.86 million tons in the previous year’s comparable period. Kiani noted that imports and exports each grew by 20 percent, while transit rose by 50 percent.
He added that currently, 400-450 trucks pass through the Shaheed Shushtari Customs daily for import, export, and transit purposes.
Iran’s Shaheed Shushtari Customs, situated on the Turkmenistan border, serves as a key hub for Iran’s trade and transit with Central Asian countries. Annual trade through this customs post with Turkmenistan totals roughly 3.5 million tons.
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