BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. The volume of cargo loaded and unloaded at Iran’s Imam Khomeini port in Khuzestan Province (south-western Iran), decreased by 25.4 percent in the 4th month of the current Iranian year (June 22 through July 22, 2023), compared to the same month last year, Trend reports.
As reflected in the statistics of Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), nearly 2.98 million tons of cargo were loaded and unloaded at the Imam Khomeini port in the 4th month. Of this, 2 million tons were loaded and about 978,000 tons were unloaded.
Also, 1.73 million tons of cargo were exported and 782,000 tons were imported through the Imam Khomeini port over the reporting month.
At the same time, 255,000 tons of cargo were loaded and 1,860 tons were unloaded at the port for transit.
Within the 4th month, 39,900 tons of cargo were loaded and approximately 193,000 tons were unloaded at the port for cabotage.
Furthermore, 271 tons of cargo were loaded and 536 tons were unloaded for other purposes.
Approximately 495,000 of essential products, 21,000 tons of metal products, about 470,000 tons of construction and mining materials, 66 tons of equipment, vehicles and spare parts and 196,000 tons of chemicals were loaded and unloaded at the Imam Khomeini port during the 4th month of the current Iranian year.
Moreover, 61,200 tons of leather, clothing, fibers, paper and wood materials, 25,600 tons of container products, and approximately 1.7 million tons of crude oil and oil products were loaded and unloaded in this port within the mentioned month.
In total, 12.1 million tons of cargo were loaded and unloaded in Iranian ports in the 4th month of the current Iranian year. Of that, 6.95 million tons were loaded and 5.18 million tons were unloaded. This is a decrease of 1.6 percent compared to the same month in the last Iranian year.
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