Transit of Foreign Goods via Iran Up 36.5% in One Year: IRICA

Foreign transit through Iran registered a 36.5 percent hike in the previous Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023 to March 19, 2024), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.

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05 April 2024

EghtesadOnline: More than 17 million tons of foreign goods were transited through the Iranian land in the 12 months of the previous Iranian calendar year, the report added.

In this period, 5.170 million tons of foreign goods were transited from the customs of the Shahid Rajaei Special Economic Zone, accounting for the largest portion of foreign goods transited via the country, followed by Parvizkhan and Bashmaq customs respectively, the IRIB reported.

More than three and one million tons of foreign goods were transited from customs offices of Parvizkhan and Bashmaq between March 21, 2023, to March 19, 2024, respectively, showing a 368 and 57 percent hike compared to a year earlier, the IRICA added.

About 88 percent of the foreign goods have been transited from the origin of 10 customs offices of the country in the previous Iranian calendar year. / Tasnim