West Azarbaijan Customs Operations in Full Swing

All border crossings in West Azarbaijan Province are open to trade with neighboring countries, a local customs official said.
Tohid Azarbod added that amid the coronavirus outbreak, customs activities have been shifted from a number of closed border crossings to the northwestern province, particularly Tamarchin and Razi.
West Azarbaijan Province borders Turkey, Iraq and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.  
"Tamarchin [bordering Iraqi Kurdistan] is now open 24 hours a day. The crossings through Tamarchin border terminal was at all-time high on April 2 with 600 trucks. A total of 9,741 trucks headed to Iraq over the past month,” he was quoted as saying by ILNA on Wednesday. 
Referring to Razi border crossing where Iran has the sole rail connection with Turkey, the official said more than 2,500 wagons have carried cargo to and from Turkey since Feb. 20.  
Iran and Turkey exchanged a total of 54,000 tons of commodities from March 16 to April 13 via railroad, according to spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, Rouhollah Latifi.
“After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran, Turkey closed all road and rail connections as of Feb. 22 to prevent the spread of the disease. After negotiations, our railroad connection was restored on March 16. During the period under review, Iran exported 13,537 tons of commodities to Turkey via 567 cargo wagons and imported 40,375 tons in return via 1,088 wagons," he was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
The exports included polyethylene, paraffin, urea, copper ingots and watermelon. Imports included banana, paper, wood pulp and tobacco.