BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 9. The customs of Bushehr Province, located in the south of Iran, ranked first among 31 provinces in terms of product exports during the first half of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through September 22, 2025), customs inspector of Bushehr Province Customs Office Ali Soleimani told local media, Trend reports.
According to him, during the specified reporting interval, 15.5 million tons of products worth $5.7 billion were exported through the Bushehr Province customs.
Soleimani noted that the export mainly included petrochemical products, gas condensate, cement, various types of fish and shrimp, vegetables, and greens.
The customs official pointed out that 349,000 tons of products worth $1.06 billion were imported through the customs of the province.
"Imported products were mainly generators, power plant equipment, various types of fabrics, rice, spare parts for passenger cars, motorcycle spare parts, tea, and so on," he added.
The data from the Iranian Customs Administration indicates that
in the initial semester of the ongoing Iranian fiscal year, the
volume of non-oil exports from Iran reached 75 million tons,
translating to a monetary value of $25.9 billion.
In juxtaposition to the corresponding timeframe of the preceding
year, there was a marginal uptick in the valuation of non-oil
exports, alongside a six percent escalation in their volumetric
weight.
The administrative data indicates that in the initial semester of
the ongoing Iranian fiscal year, the volume of product imports into
Iran reached 18.8 million tons, with a monetary valuation of $28.4
billion.
In juxtaposition to the corresponding timeframe of the previous
fiscal year (spanning March 20 to September 21, 2024), the import
metrics exhibited a contraction of 15 percent in monetary
valuation, while concurrently experiencing an uptick of two percent
in volumetric weight.
Bushehr Province is strategically positioned adjacent to the geopolitical entities of the Persian Gulf, encompassing Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman. Bushehr serves as the nearest customs facility to Qatar, recognized for its proximity in facilitating cross-border trade and regulatory compliance.
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