Today : 11/21/2024
The volume of cargo transited through Iran in the calendar month to late January hit a new record in 10 years, according to the head of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.
Dariyush Amani said on Tuesday that some 1.445 million metric tons of cargo had been transited via Iran from December 22 to January 20.
Amani said the figure was a record high in the past 10 years.
He stated that some 506,803 units of the domestic and foreign transport fleets had carried some 11.4 million mt of commodities via the Iranian territory to other countries from March 21,2023 to January 20,2024, an increase of 46% compared to the same period last year.
The goods were mostly imported to Iran through the southern port of Shahid Rajaee and border terminals of Parviz Khan, Bashmaq, Astara and Bazargan in north and west of the country.