Khosravi Border Registers Growth in Exports, Transit

A total of 1.59 million tons of goods worth $621.76 million were exported from the Khosravi Border Terminal in Kermanshah Province’s Qasr-e Shirin County to the neighboring Iraq during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21), registering a 43% and 28% rise in weight and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year, according to Mehdi Abbasian, a local customs official.
The exports mainly included fruit and vegetable, dairy products, construction materials, tile and ceramic, stone, cake and biscuit, and disposable containers, IRNA reported.
The official noted that 129,117 tons of foreign goods worth $114.15 million were transited from the western border terminal during the same period, registering a 537% and 309% rise in tonnage and value respectively.
Khosravi border crossing is home to the biggest international export terminal in the Middle East. 
Kermanshah in western Iran shares around 371 kilometers of borders with Iraq’s central government as well as the Kurdistan Region. With six official border crossings and markets, the province accounts for almost half of Iran’s annual non-oil exports to Iraq.
Qasr-e Shirin County shares around 186 kilometers of borders with Iraq. Its border crossing connects the country to both Kurdistan Region and Iraq’s Central Government.