Goods Transit Hit 10.2m Tons

A total of 10.29 million tons of foreign goods transited through Iran by road and rail during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2021-Jan. 20, 2022), registering a 75% rise compared with the similar period of last year, according to the caretaker of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration. 
“We expect the figure to rise to 12.4 million tons by the end of the [fiscal] year [March 20],” Alireza Moqaddesi was also quoted as saying by ISNA.
The official, who doubles as deputy economy minister, noted that the volume of transit reached its peak (over 13 million tons) in the fiscal 2014-15, adding that the figure dropped to around 7.5 million tons in fiscal 2019-20 and 2020-21.