Azerbaijan, Baku, Sep.8 / Trend F.Karimov/
Iran has signed transportation agreements with over 50 countries of the world, ISNA quoted Transport and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi as saying.
More than 600 international transportation companies are active in Iran, he added.
Iran is planning to transit as much as 50 million tons of goods per year, the minister said.
In 2012, some 12 million tons of goods were transited through Iran, he added.
Over 820,000 tons of Iranian and foreign trucks transported goods through the country in 2012, he said.
In August, Iranian Deputy Roads and Urban Development Minister Shahriyar Afandizadeh said that over 11.6 million tons of goods were transited through Iran last year.
Afandizadeh added that 106 countries transited their goods via Iran. Iraq, China, the UAE, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan transited the highest amounts of goods, he noted.
Iran conducted over $25.4 billion in trade of non-oil goods with other countries during the first four months of the current calendar year.
The country exported $12.536 billion worth of non-oil goods (including gas condensates) and imported $12.909 billion of non-oil goods during the 4-month period.
Exports and imports fell by 18.5 percent and 27.26 percent respectively compared to the same period in the previous year.
Methanol, iron ore concentrate, and bitumen were the main goods exported, and rice, wheat, soy meal, and corn fodder were the main items imported.
Iran exported around $43.7 billion worth of non-oil goods in the previous Iranian calendar year and imported about $61.8 billion worth of non-oil goods to hit the unprecedented mark of $105 billion in annual trade.