BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 22. Iran’s non-oil exports through Mehran customs in the Ilam Province (western Iran), increased by 46 percent in value and 50 percent in volume, during the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022, through February 19, 2023), compared to the same period last Iranian year, Director General of Ilam Province Customs Office Rouhollah Gholami told IRNA, Trend reports.
According to him, a total of 3 million tons of non-oil products worth about $1.47 billion were exported through Mehran customs in 11 months.
Gholami said that the main exported goods were ceramics, metal products, vegetables, petrochemical products, cement, iron ore, rubber products, auto spare parts and etc.
The director general also added that the mentioned goods were exported to various countries, mainly Iraq.
“Among the 12 customs on the border of Iran and Iraq, Mehran customs ranks first in terms of non-oil exports,” Gholami noted.
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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