BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 23. The volume of cargo loaded and unloaded at Iran’s Chabahar Port in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province (south-eastern Iran), increased by 4.5 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), Trend reports via the statistics of Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO).
Approximately 4.27 million tons of cargo were loaded and unloaded at the Chabahar port in the last year. Of this, 819,000 tons were loaded and about 3.45 million tons were unloaded.
In addition, 806,000 tons of cargo were exported and about 1.73 million were imported through the Chabahar port over the reporting month. Also, 30 tons of cargo were loaded and 3,210 tons were unloaded at the port for transit.
At the same time, 1.71 million tons of cargo were unloaded at the port for cabotage, as well as 13,200 tons were loaded and 850 tons were unloaded for other purposes during the last Iranian year.
Some 1.48 million tons of essential products, 1,470 tons of metal products, 813,000 tons of construction and mining materials, and 30,000 tons of equipment, vehicles, and spare parts were loaded and unloaded in the Chabahar port in the last Iranian year.
Moreover, 64 tons of chemicals, 4,880 tons of leather products, clothing, fibers, paper, and wood materials, 96 tons of small and assorted products, 220,000 tons of container products, and 1.71 million tons of crude oil and related products were loaded and unloaded at this port within the mentioned period.
Overall, approximately 152 million tons of cargo were loaded and unloaded at Iranian ports over the last Iranian year. Of that, about 80 million tons were loaded and 71.7 million tons were unloaded. This is an increase of 1.7 percent compared to the preceding Iranian year.
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