Over 1 million tons of essential goods were imported via Imam Khomeini Port and transported inland by road and railroad in the first month of the current Iranian year (March 21-April 20), registering a 17% growth compared with the same period of last year, Director General of Ports and Maritime Affairs of Khuzestan Province Adel Deris said.
Boasting 40 wharfs, 140 kilometers of railroads within its premises and equipped with the latest loading and unloading facilities, Imam Khomeini Port is the hub of essential goods imports.
Close to 90% of Iran’s demand for livestock feed raw material as well as 79% of grains are imported through this southwestern port.
In the fiscal 2019-20, the port handled nearly 15.7 million tons of essential goods.
Also known as necessity goods, essential goods are products consumers will buy, regardless of changes in income levels.
The essential goods transported from the port included wheat, barley, corn, oilseeds, soybean meal, sugar, rice and edible oils.
According to Deris, 3.8 million tons of essential goods are currently stored in the Imam Khomeini Port Complex.
Inauguration and sod-turning ceremonies for 18 investment and development projects worth 15.79 trillion rials ($66 million) were held at the port on Dec. 30.
Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami and CEO of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran Mohammad Rastad attended the event, Fars News Agency reported.
Among the most important inaugurated projects were four multipurpose warehouses, oil product reservoirs and a mechanized grain terminal.
Two projects for the construction of edible oil refineries were also launched on the same day.
Other projects involved the overhaul of some of the wharfs and railroads inside the port complex, dredging operations, fixing breakwaters and arranging proper lighting.
