BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 31. About 6.38 million tons of non-oil products, worth around $3.36 billion, were exported through Iran’s Mehran customs in the Ilam Province (western Iran) during the past 2 years (December 22, 2021 through December 21, 2023), said Miragha Abdi, the director general of the Ilam Province Customs Office, Trend reports.
This is an increase of 107 percent in volume and 115 percent in value compared to the previous period (December 22, 2019 through December 21, 2021), the director general noted.
Abdi also said that the goods were exported by 276,000 trucks. The number of trucks increased by 91 percent compared to the previous period.
According to him, the 2-year income of Mehran Customs amounted to 1.08 trillion rials (about $25.7 million), which is a 129 percent increase compared to the previous period.
Iran’s efforts to boost its non-oil exports amid the US sanctions that limit its oil sales. Iran’s non-oil exports include all products except crude oil, mazut, and white oil.
The latest data from the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) shows that Iran exported 113 million tons of non-oil products valued at $40.5 billion in the first ten months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2023 through January 20, 2024). This represents an 11 percent drop in value but a 9.4 percent rise in volume compared to the same period last year.
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