Tehran, Iran, Jan.29
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The Afghanistan Ministry of Transport has announced the country's first trade cargo would be exported to India through Iran's Chabahar Port.
"The cargo is experimental, that exports Afghanistan's goods to India through the Chabahar port," said an official at the Afghan Ministry of Transport, Trend reports via IRNA.
"The cargo includes five containers of green beans that would be exported," he added.
The Afghanistan Ministry of Transport issued a statement indicating the process of exporting goods through Chabahar Port would be less time consuming and would cut the costs immensely for the country.
India hopes to have direct access to Afghanistan through the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) to exports its goods to Central Asia.
The trilateral transit agreement signed by India, Iran and Afghanistan allows Indian goods to reach Afghanistan through Iran. It links ports in the western coast of India to the Chabahar port and covers the road and rail links between Chabahar and the Afghan border.
The US has granted an exemption to India to continue oil imports from Iran, the United States has also granted a waiver from sanctions for New Delhi’s role in the Chabahar port and the development of a railway line from the Iranian port city to the Afghan border.