Baku, Azerbaijan, May 6
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Some 95,400 tons of goods were exported from the customs of Iran’s Markazi Province during the 1st month of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2019), Esmaeil Hosseini, Head of the Customs Administration of Markazi Province, told IRNA, Trend reports.
According to Hosseini, the value of exported products was $60.2 million.
Hosseini added that the products were exported to 38 countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan.
"The export of products has increased by 31 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and dropped by 2 percent in terms of value," he said.
The customs official said that the products exported from the provincial customs consisted of various hydrocarbons, fruit juices, reinforced concrete, heavy and light polyethylene, glass, flowers, other types of plants, etc.
Hosseini went on to say that 8.46 million tons of products worth $19.2 million were imported to Markazi Province last month.
"The import of the product has grown by 27 percent in terms of weight compared to the same month last year and dropped by 13 percent in terms of value," he said.
Stating that the products are imported from 22 countries, including Turkey, China, India, Italy and Germany, Hosseini said that various equipment and their spare parts, fruit juice packages, raw materials for clothing, concentrates, steel pipes, refrigerator parts, and other products were imported.
"Some 29 criminal cases have been filed on attempts of smuggling 32,03 billion rials’ (app. $762,000) worth of products from customs. The value of products, the smuggle of which was attempted, as well as the number of said attempts, rose by 96 and 13 percent respectively, compared to the same month last year,” he said.
He also said that the Markazi Province customs earned 41.5 billion rials (app. $989,000) last month, which shows a 28-pecent increase, when compared to the same month last year.
According to Hosseini, the revenues of the Markazi Province customs on VAT last month amounted to 49.3 billion rials (app. $1.17 million) – a 12-percent increase compared to the same month last year.
With 12 counties and a population of 1.41 million, Markazi Province is one of the main industrial and agricultural centers of Iran.
