Iran’s Minister of Road and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash has said that road transit through Iran has registered a new record.
Bazrpash said on Tuesday that road transit through Iran grew by 58% over the past calendar year to March 19 which is a “historic record”.
“Transit can generate as much revenues for us as oil sector,” the minister stated.
A recent report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) says that some 1.6 million tons of goods were transited from Iran in the calendar month to late April which shows a 47% growth compared to the same month of last year.
Parvizkhan customs on Iran’s western borders with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Shahid Rajaei customs in southern country and Bashmaq customs which connects Iran to Iraq, registered the largest foreign transit in the one-month period respectively.
Some 486,000 tons of goods were transited through Parvizkhan customs, with 377,000 tons of goods being transited through Shahid Rajaei customs and another 203,000 tons going through Bashmaq customs, the report said.