Exports From Golestan Earn $206 Million in 11 Months

A total of 334,637 tons of goods worth $206.51 million were exported from Golestan Province during the first 11 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022-Feb. 19), registering a 9% fall in weight, but a 24% rise in value compared with the last year’s corresponding period, according to Ebrahim Hosseini, 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.
The exports were shipped to 33 countries, including Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Russia and Pakistan, during the period, IRNA reported.
Meanwhile, 31,238 tons of goods worth $56.81 million were imported to Golestan during the same period, registering an 81% rise in weight, but a 3% fall in value.
Soybean oil, natural gas generator, different kinds of denim and fustian fabrics, diesel generator, feed barley and foots oil were the main imports.
Turkey, Turkmenistan, China, Kazakhstan, India, the UAE, Spain, Vietnam, Germany, Tajikistan, Italy, Uzbekistan and Iraq were the main exporters.
Golestan earned 2.12 trillion rials ($4.2 million) in customs revenue during the period, 218% more than in the corresponding period of last year.
The 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 exports, imports and transit through this northeastern Iranian province.