BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 8
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
About $93 million worth of non-oil products were exported through the Arvand Free Trade Zone in Khuzestan Province over the past three months (March 20-June 20, 2020), Deputy Director of Business Development and Investment of Arvand Free Zone Organization Ali Mousavi told reporters, Trend reports citing IRNA.
The deputy director said that these products were exported to Iraq, Kuwait and other countries around the Persian Gulf through the Khorramshahr port.
He added that despite the fact that the Shalamcheh border customs was closed due to the coronavirus, the export of products through the Arvand Trade Zone has not stopped.
Mousavi noted that as of today, the Shalamcheh border, one of Iran's border customs with Iraq, has resumed operations.
According to him, the trucks carrying the products via this border customs are disinfected after entering the territory of Iraq.
Arvand Free Trade Zone is located on an area of 37,400 hectares between the cities of Abadan, Khorramshahr and Minudasht and can carry land, sea and air cargo transportation.
In addition, before the closure of the Shalamcheh border customs between Iran and Iraq, more than 300 trucks were transporting Iranian products to Iraq every day. The Shalamcheh border customs was suspended four months ago due to the spread of the coronavirus.
Iran continues to monitor the coronavirus situation in the country. According to the recent reports from the Iranian officials, over 245,600 people have been infected, 11,931 people have already died. Meanwhile, over 207,000 have reportedly recovered from the disease.
