Transit of Foreign Goods via Iran Rises 43% in 1st Quarter

A total of 2.8 million tons of foreign goods transited via Iran during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), registering a 43% rise compared with the similar period of last year, according to Javad Hedayati, director general of Transit and International Transportation Bureau with the Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.
Shahid Rajaee Special Economic Zone in Hormozgan Province is Iran’s biggest transit gate in terms of volume of goods crossing the country.
With 12 wharfs, Shahid Rajaee is Iran’s biggest container port, accounting for 90% of the country’s total container throughput. Over half of Iran’s commercial trading is carried out at Shahid Rajaee, which is located 23 kilometers west of the port city of Bandar Abbas, the capital of Hormozgan Province.