A total of 273,000 tons of goods worth $163.87 million were exported from Golestan Province during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21), registering an 8% decline in weight, but a 23% growth in value compared with last year’s corresponding period, according to a local customs official.
Polystyrene, cheese, dates, iodine, iron pipes and profiles, particle boards, raisins, copper wire and tomato paste were the main exported products.
“A total of 33 countries were the main destination of exports from Golestan, the main ones being Kazakhstan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Russia and Pakistan during the period,” Ebrahim Hosseini was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Meanwhile, 17,672 tons of goods worth $33.08 million were imported to Golestan during the same period, registering a 23% rise in weight, but a 20% fall in value.
Soybean oil, natural gas generator, denim and fustian fabrics, diesel generator, feed barley and foots oil were the main imports.
Turkey, Turkmenistan, China, the UK, Kazakhstan, India, the UAE, Spain, Vietnam, Germany, Denmark, Tajikistan, Italy, Uzbekistan, Philippines and Iraq were the main exporters.
Hosseini noted that Golestan earned 1.26 trillion rials ($3 million) in customs revenue during the period, 139% higher than in the corresponding period of last year.
Golestan Province is located in northeast Iran and southeast of the Caspian Sea. It has six border crossings and neighbors Turkmenistan.
The international Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran rail route passes through the city of Incheh Boroun in Golestan and facilitates export, import and transit of goods.
