A total of 479,195 tons of commodities worth $1 billion transited through Bashmaq border crossing located in the western Kurdestan Province during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Aug. 21).
According to Superintendent of Kurdestan Customs Administration Bakhtiar Rahmanipour, the figures show Bashmaq ranked first in goods transit among all Iranian border crossings during the period under review, IRNA reported.
The official added that 90% of Kurdestan Province's foreign trade pass through Bashmaq, which is located in Marivan County of the province.
One of Iran’s main border crossings with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Bashmaq is one of the few that has been open all along despite the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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