BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 1. Customs
checkpoints in East Azerbaijan Province in northwestern Iran have
exported goods worth $1.47 billion, totaling 2.8 million tons in
the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (from March 21,
2025, through January 20, 2026), Ali-Asghar Abbaszadeh, head of
supervision at the province’s customs, told reporters, Trend reports.
He highlighted that the principal export commodities included
iron, steel, fruits, rubber materials, copper, copper products, and
various mineral resources.
Abbaszadeh further noted that goods were exported to 100
countries through the province’s customs offices, with the highest
volumes directed to Türkiye, Armenia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan, Russia, and
Turkmenistan.
The customs official also reported that during the same period,
imports totaling $1.3 billion and weighing 395,000 tons were
received by the province. These imports primarily consisted of
machinery, industrial equipment, vehicles, spare parts, tobacco,
red meat, and other goods.
According to him, the leading sources of these imports were
Türkiye, China, the UAE, Germany, Japan, Spain, Brazil, India,
Russia, and Italy.
Abbaszadeh additionally revealed that essential goods accounted
for $218 million of the imports, or 95,000 tons. These included
oilseeds, rice, medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, corn, cooking
oil, and red meat.
“Over the same ten-month period, 554 kilograms of gold bullion
were also imported through the customs checkpoint at Tabriz
International Airport. After Tehran, East Azerbaijan is considered
one of Iran’s main centers for gold bullion imports,” he said.
Abbaszadeh noted that customs revenues in the province reached
108 trillion rials, equivalent to about $99.7 million, marking a 45
percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year
(from March 20, 2024, through January 19, 2025).
In the previous Iranian year (from March 20, 2024, through March
20, 2025), total trade turnover through East Azerbaijan customs
amounted to $4.06 billion, or 4.5 million tons, carried out via the
customs offices of Tabriz, Sahlan, Julfa, Norduz, Maragheh, and
Binab.
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