Rahim Forouzandeh Bakhshayesh, the director of international transportation and TIR carnet department of Iran Chamber of Commerce, has said the department is in talks with Turkish officials to help solve the recent problems caused by Turkey for Iranian truckers at the joint border.
Iran’s foreign transit of goods surged by 31% in the first nine months of the current calendar year (March 20 – December 20, 2024), reaching 16.5 million tons, according to the head of the country’s customs administration.
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), the Iranian issuer of TIR carnets, has hosted a meeting on exploring ways to expand transit with Russia under TIR Convention.
Road transit via Iranian soil has seen a 61% year-on-year increase in the first six months of the calendar year to late September, according to an official familiar with the matter.
Foreign transit through Iran has reached as much as 7.6 million tons in the four calendar months to July 21, marking a 58.5% increase year-on-year, according to customs data.
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash has said that transit of good through the country has increased more than 60% to 17.6 million tons over the past 12 months which he believed is indicative of the security and affordability of Iran’s transit route for regional countries.
The transit of goods through the Iranian land and territory in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20- May 20) registered a 56.5 percent hike compared to last year’s corresponding period.
Houman Azimi, the director of international transportation and TIR carnet department of Iran Chamber of Commerce, has stressed that enhancement of key regional corridors is a top agenda of this department.
Iran’s Minister of Road and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash has said that road transit through Iran has registered a new record.
Foreign transit from Iran was still on an upward trajectory in the calendar month to late April, according to a recent report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).