Over 10m Tons of Essential Goods Worth $4.7b Cleared From Customs 

Over 10 million tons of essential goods worth $4.7 billion have been cleared from Iran's customs terminals in the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Aug. 21).
“There are currently 3.32 million tons of essential goods and 3.4 million tons of non-essential, non-containerized goods, including manufactured goods and machinery, at the ports of Imam Khomeini, Shahid Rajaee, Anzali, Amirabad, Shahid Bahonar, Bushehr, Chabahar, Khorramshahr, Nowshahr, Fereydounkenar and Astara. Nearly 28,000 import containers full of both essential and non-essential goods are piled up at country’s ports, particularly at Shahid Rajaee Port,” Mehrdad Jamal-Arvanaqi, an official with the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, told IRIB News recently.
Also known as necessity goods, essential goods are products consumers will buy, regardless of changes in income levels.