Substantial Rise in Exports From Kurdestan Province

The customs terminals of Iran’s western Kurdestan Province have exported 1.47 million tons of goods worth $596.23 million since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 20 up until Sept. 4, registering a 73% and 22% rise in weight and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year.
According to Director General of Kurdestan Customs Administration Bakhtiar Rahmanipour, Bashmaq in Marivan County, Sanandaj in the provincial capital and Siranband in Baneh County were the busiest customs offices during the period under review, exporting a total of 756,035 tons of non-oil goods worth $319.8 million, IRNA reported.
A total of 479,195 tons of commodities worth $1 billion were transited through Bashmaq border crossing in the western Kurdestan Province during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Aug. 21), indicating that Bashmaq ranked first in goods transit among all Iranian border crossings during the period, the official said recently.