BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 14
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
It is planned to export products worth $32-38 million through the border customs of Khorramabad county of Lorestan Province (western Iran) in the current Iranian year (began March 20, 2020), Chairman of Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of Lorestan Province Mohammad Reza Safikhani said, Trend reports citing the organization.
Safikhani said that according to the plan, 64 percent of products will be exported in the industrial sector, 6 percent in the mining sector, 19 percent in the agricultural and food sector and 11 percent in the petrochemical sector.
Safikhani added that in addition to neighboring countries, the exports were planned for China and India through Lorestan Province.
According to him, the products worth $6.11 million were exported through the Khorramabad border customs during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20, 2020).
The chairman noted that the products worth $6.42 million were exported through this customs in the same period last Iranian year.
"As many as 19 types of products produced in Lorestan Province were exported to 19 countries in the preceding Iranian year (from March 21, 2018 to March 21, 2019), 18 types of products produced in the province were exported to 14 countries in the last Iranian year (from March 21, 2019 to March 20, 2020), 14 types of products produced in the province have been exported to 8 countries from the beginning of current Iranian year to date," he said.
Safikhani stressed that within 3 months, raw materials and production equipment worth $3 million were imported to Lorestan province through Khorramabad customs.