BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 27. Some 484,000 tons of non-oil products worth approximately $224 million were exported through Iran’s Mehran customs in the Ilam Province (western Iran), during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through May 21, 2023), Director General of Ilam Province Customs Office Rouhollah Gholami said, Trend reports.
“Iran’s non-oil exports through Mehran customs for the reporting period increased by 8 percent in value compared to the same period in the last Iranian year,” Gholami added.
He added that the main exported goods were construction materials, vegetables, rubber products, petrochemical products , etc.
The director general noted that the mentioned goods were exported to various countries, mainly Iraq.
In total, 3.26 million tons of non-oil products worth $1.6 billion were exported through Mehran customs within the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), which is an increase of 39 percent in value and 44 percent in volume compared to the preceding year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022).
Iran’s Mehran customs is on the border with Iraq. The customs is located approximately 230 kilometers from Baghdad.
Meanwhile, Iran exported about 10.5 million tons of non-oil products worth approximately $3.65 billion for the first month of the current Iranian year (March 21 through April 20, 2023).
This is a decrease of 12.9 percent in value, while an increase of 17.7 percent in volume compared to the same month in the last year.
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