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Exports From Golestan Border Crossings at $112m Last Year

Exports From Golestan Border Crossings at $112m Last Year
Exports From Golestan Border Crossings at $112m Last Year

A total of 267,000 tons of commodities worth $112 million were exported from the northern Golestan Province’s border crossings during the last Iranian year (March 2020-21), registering a 25% and 19% decline in weight and value respectively compared with the year before.
“Our main exports were polystyrene, dairy, pipes and iron profiles, rebars, cement, iodine and tomato paste shipped to Iraq, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Russia and Uzbekistan,” Director General of Golestan Customs Administration Ebrahim Hosseini was quoted as saying by IRNA.
The official noted that imports through Golestan border crossings reached 12,000 tons worth $28.59 million, showing a 75% and 60% decline in volume and value respectively. 
“The imports mostly came from Turkey, China, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Denmark, Spain and Germany, and included production machinery, diesel generators, fabric, apparel and raw soybean oil,” he added.
Hosseini said customs revenues of Golestan amounted to 217 billion rials ($868,000) during the period under review.
Golestan is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country and south of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Gorgan. The province has land border with neighboring Turkmenistan.

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