BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 29. Cargo transit through Iran’s Mehran border customs in the Ilam Province (western Iran), increased by 50 percent, over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), compared to the preceding year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022), Director General of Ilam Province Customs Office Rouhollah Gholami told IRNA, Trend reports.
Gholami noted that overall, 147,000 tons of cargo were transited through Mehran customs in the last Iranian year.
He also added that a total of 140,000 trucks crossed through Mehran customs for the last Iranian year, which is 36 percent more than in the preceding year.
According to the director general, the revenue of Mehran Customs Office for the reporting period amounted to 583 billion rials (about $14 million). This is an increase of 262 percent compared to the preceding Iranian year.
Iran’s Mehran customs is on the border with Iraq. The customs is located approximately 230 kilometers from Baghdad. By the end of the current Iranian year (20 March 2023), Iran is expected to export more than 3.5 million tons of non-oil products through the mentioned customs.
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