Exports from Bushehr Province, excluding crude oil and gas condensate shipments, stood at 7.67 million tons worth $4.03 billion in the first three months of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), registering a 19% and 95% year-on-year growth in weight and value respectively, according to a local official.
Ali Soleimani also told IRNA that the figure, including gas condensates, hit 7.73 million tons worth $4.06 billion, registering a 20% and 95% increase compared with the corresponding period of last year.
Petrochemical products, minerals, seafood, vegetable and summer crops were the main exported products.
China, the UAE, India, South Africa, Nigeria, Sudan, Mozambique, Turkey, Ivory Coast and Pakistan were the main export destinations of goods exported from Bushehr during the period.
A total of 161,000 tons of goods worth $790 million were imported to the province during the same period, registering a 40% and 201% YOY growth in weight and value respectively.
Rice, components and parts of nuclear power plants, different kinds of fabrics, different kinds of tires, LED modules, styrene monomer, passenger car parts and spare parts, restaurant kitchen equipment and machinery, roller bearings, bearings and beans were the main goods imported during the period.
China, the UAE, Russia, Thailand, India, Philippines, Japan and Turkey were the main exporters.
The southern Iranian province has a 937-kilometer coastline alongside the Persian Gulf.
The port of Bushehr has the capacity to handle 7 million tons of goods per year and can host vessels weighing over 30,000 tons.
Bushehr-Dubai Flights Resume After 3 Years
Bushehr-Dubai flights resumed in March for the first time in three years after a flight was operated on this route on March 5, according to a local official.
The flights are run weekly on Saturdays and Thursdays by an Airbus 320 with a capacity of 140 passengers, IRNA reported.
The national flag carrier airline IranAir says it is also scheduled to launch direct flights from the southern city of Ahvaz in the Khuzestan Province to Dubai within a month.
“Flights will be conducted twice a week on Fridays and Mondays using an Airbus A320. The rise in demand for direct flights from Iran’s southern provinces to the littoral states of the Persian Gulf has prompted IranAir to launch the new air route,” Hossein Jahani, director general of the airline’s public relations, was quoted as saying by Fars News Agency.
Presently, IranAir operates flights from the cities of Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Lar and Kish Island to Dubai; from Lar to Doha; and from Shiraz, Ahvaz, Lar, Mashhad, Isfahan and Abadan to Kuwait.
