Baku, Azerbaijan, May 19
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The goods worth over $580 million have been exported to Pakistan through the customs service of Iran’s south-western Sistan and Baluchestan province last Iranian year (started March 21, 2018), chairman of the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of Sistan and Baluchestan province Nadir Mirshikar said.
The export value of the goods increased by 150 percent last Iranian year compared to the previous year, Mirshikar added, Trend reports referring to the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization’s website.
He added that the goods worth $147 million were exported to Pakistan through the customs service of the province, while the goods worth $432 million - through the border markets.
The building materials (cement), dates, sulfur, tile and ceramics, gas, fuel, apples and vegetables were exported to Pakistan last year, Mirshikar said.
There is a border stretching 1,000 kilometers between Iran’s south-western Sistan and Baluchestan province and Pakistan.