BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 25. Iran’s non-oil exports through Mehran customs in the Ilam Province (western Iran), increased by 56 percent in value and 63 percent in volume, during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through January 20, 2023), compared to the same period last Iranian year, Director General of Ilam Province Customs Office Rouhollah Gholami told IRNA, Trend reports.
The director general said that overall, 2.83 million tons of non-oil products worth about $1.4 billion were exported through Mehran customs in 10 months.
He added that the main exported goods were ceramics, metal products, vegetables, petrochemical products, cement, iron ore, rubber products, auto spare parts and etc. The mentioned goods were exported to various countries, mainly Iraq.
Gholami noted that currently, the export of non-products through Mehran customs continues.
Iran’s Mehran customs is on the border with Iraq. The customs is located approximately 230 kilometers from Baghdad. By the end of the current Iranian year (20 March 2023), Iran is expected to export more than 3.5 million tons of non-oil products through the mentioned customs.
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