Transit of goods via Kermanshah province rises 87% in 5 months on year

Transit of commodities through Kermanshah province, in the west of Iran, increased by 87 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, according to a provincial official. Ali-Asghar Abbaszadeh, an official with the province’s Customs Department, announced that 1,131,715 tons of products were transited via the province during the five-month period.

Putting the value of transited commodities at $385,186,383, the official said that the figure shows 34 percent growth year on year.
As previously announced by the Ministry of Transport and Urban Development, the transit of commodities through Iran increased by 5.4 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year.
As reported, 6.2 million tons of products were transited via the country’s roads and railways during the five-month period. As previously announced by the Iranian deputy transport minister, 10.8 million tons of commodities were transited through the country in the past Iranian calendar year 1401 (ended on March 20).

Shahriyar Afandizadeh also announced that Iran registered a new record high with the transit of 8.3 million tons of non-oil goods in 1401, adding that 2.5 million tons of oil products were also transited via the country in the previous year. “Considering the transit of 7.5 million tons of non-oil goods in 1400, we have seen a 10.7-percent growth in the transit of this type of goods in 1401 compared to the previous year”, the official said. “In 1401, we witnessed important developments and achievements in the strategic and operational areas of the country’s transit, whose definitive effects will be seen gradually and steadily on the growth of transit from the country in 1402 and the coming years”, the deputy transport minister further highlighted. Afandizadeh then explained: “In line with the activation and development of the North-South International Transport Corridor, in a tripartite meeting in last September between the high-ranking officials of our country and the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan in Baku, while aiming to achieve the transit of 15 million tons of goods through this corridor by 2030, agreements were reached in the field of strengthening the cooperation of the three countries in joint investment and financing, the completion and development of key infrastructures and their exploitation, especially the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway line, facilitating cross-border traffic of goods and increasing the quality and quantity of this traffic”, adding that the implementation of these agreements is being followed up. He went on to say, “One of the most important events last year was Iran’s full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).