Transit of commodities through Iran has posted a 33% year-on-year growth during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – July 21), the Ministry of Road and Urban Development announced.
As reported, over 4 million tons of oil and non-oil products were transited via the country’s roads and railways during the four-month period.
Iranian deputy transport minister Shahriyar Afandizadeh has earlier announced that 10.8 million tons of commodities were transited through the country in the past Iranian calendar year 1401 (ended on March 20).
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 official further highlighted.