Exporters Advised to Avoid Dogharoun Border Crossing

All customs offices and exporters are advised against shipping goods via Dogharoun border terminal with Afghanistan in Khorasan Razavi Province until further notice, IRNA quoted Rouhollah Latifi, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, as saying on Wednesday. 
Noting that Afghan truck drivers, who suffered massive losses in a fire at Islam Qala customs office in February, have blocked Herat-Islam Qala in Afghanistan, the Iranian official said exporters are recommended not to send their commercial shipments to Dogharoun Customs Office to avoid crowds, hours-long delays and unexpected incidents.
“Afghanistan’s Abu Nasr Farahi customs [in Farah Province] officials have also imposed new restrictions regarding maximum load weight of the container trucks into Afghanistan through Mahiroud Border Terminal in South Khorasan Province. From now on, trucks crossing this border may weigh no more than 50 tons. The measure will reduce cross-border freight flow and lead to an increase of transshipment or transit operations. That calls for more cooperation between cargo owners and border officials,” he said.