BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 8. Product exports via
the customs of Iran’s Central Province reached 294,000 tons in the
first two months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through
May 21, 2025), valued at $192 million, Rouhollah Gholami, the
Director-General of the province’s Customs Department, told
reporters, Trend
reports.
According to Gholami, goods were exported to 65 countries, with
the main destinations being Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Türkiye,
and Uzbekistan.
He noted that among the exported goods were various types of
hydrocarbons, liquefied gas, polyethylene, industrial oils,
aluminum cans, glass containers, dairy products, and others.
Concurrently, the volume of imports processed via the provincial
customs framework reached 40,000 metric tons within the specified
timeframe, with a cumulative valuation of $206 million.
Furthermore, the province’s import valuation experienced a
substantial uptick of 101 percent, while the volumetric metrics
exhibited a modest increment of 2 percent relative to the
corresponding temporal frame of the previous fiscal year (spanning
from March 20 to May 20, 2024).
Gholami articulated that merchandise was procured from a diverse
array of 29 nations, encompassing the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
China, Türkiye, Germany, and Qatar. The primary imported
commodities encompassed steel sheets, aluminum ingots,
antioxidants, pharmaceutical precursors, bananas, and a variety of
ancillary goods.
In the preceding Iranian fiscal year (spanning March 20, 2024, to
March 20, 2025), the aggregate export volume processed through
Central Province customs reached a substantial $1.2 billion,
reflecting a notable 12 percent uptick relative to the antecedent
year (from March 21, 2023, to March 19, 2024).
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