BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 10. The number of trucks crossing through Iran’s Jolfa border terminal in the East Azerbaijan Province in the north-west of the country, increased by 42 percent, over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), compared to the preceding year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022), head of the terminal Hassan Dadashzadeh said, Trend reports citing Iranian Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.
Dadashzadeh said that over 97,000 trucks crossed through the Jolfa border terminal in the last Iranian year.
He added that approximately 1.05 million tons of non-oil products were exported and imported through the Jolfa border terminal within the mentioned period.
“At the same time, more than 640,000 tons of cargo were transited via the terminal during the last year,” the official noted.
According to Dadashzadeh, over 210,000 people crossed the Jolfa border terminal in the last Iranian year. Of them, 30,000 were Iranian citizens and 181,000 were citizens of other countries.
The official also pointed out that the number of citizens passing through the Jolfa border terminal for the reporting period increased by 160 percent compared to the preceding year.
“In addition, 1,961 passenger buses crossed through the Jolfa border terminal over the last Iranian year. Of them, 908 belonged to Iran, and 1,053 to other countries,” he said.
The Jolfa border terminal is located on the border with Iran and Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
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