Baku, Azerbaijan, April 29
Trend:
Iran loaded and unloaded 716,600 tons of metal products at its ports over the last Iranian calendar month (March 20-April 20).
The figure indicates a 9.3 percent increase year-on-year, according to the latest report released by Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization.
However, on a monthly basis, loading/unloading of metal products through Iranian ports witnessed a fall of 31.4 percent.
The Islamic Republic of Iran exported 573,606 tons of metal products through its ports across the country over the last Iranian calendar month (March 20-April 20), which indicates a 32.9 percent fall compared to the preceding month.
In the meantime, the country unloaded 142,994 tons of metal products through the organization’s ports, 24.8 percent less month on month.
The organization loaded and unloaded 2.651 million tons of minerals and construction materials in the one-month period, which is 29.6 percent more than in the same month of the preceding year.
About 2.41 million tons of minerals and construction materials were loaded at the country’s ports in the one-month period.
The report also says that 58,693 tons of machinery, vehicles and spare parts were loaded and unloaded at Iranian ports, registering a rise by 59 percent compared to the same period of the preceding year.
Iran’s machinery, vehicle and spare part imports via the ports amounted to 57,215 tons in one-month period.
Iranian ports saw loading and unloading of a total of 12.566 million tons of various goods and commodities, including food and metal products between March 20 to April 20, 15.2 percent more year-on-year.
In total, over 153 million tons of various goods have been loaded/unloaded at Iranian ports during the last fiscal year.
The volume is 5.5 percent more than the loaded/unloaded products in the preceding year.