Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 12
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran exported another powdered milk cargo, worth $320,000 to Russia though Astara border checkpoint, Bahram Pourzarb, head of Astara Veterinary Bureau, said, IRNA news agency reported Feb. 12.
The cargo was 100 tons, Pourzarb said, adding that a 24-ton powdered milk cargo, worth $66,000 tons also exported to Georgia via Astara.
Iran has exported 400 tons of powdered milk to Russia during the current fiscal year (started March 20, 2016) through Astara border checkpoint.
The first cargo worth $34,000 was exported in June, 2016.
Iran has exported 424,000 tons of powdered milk, worth $408,000 to abroad through the Astara border checkpoint in the current fiscal year.
Astara is situated in Iran’s border with Azerbaijan and is the country’s door to Central Asia and the Caucasus.