Figures released by Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization (IRMTO) showed that above 4.17 million tons of goods had been moved through 32 active land and maritime borders over a period of five months from the start of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2017).
Accordingly, the IRMTO announced in a statement that the figure was higher than the same period last year by 24 percent.
The bulk of goods transported through border points included non-oil products such as fuel oil, textiles, auto parts and food products at a total volume of 2.78 million tons.
Oil products comprised around 1.22 million tons of total good transited through borders.
The IRMTO further added in its statement that Shaheed Rajaei Port in the southern city of Bandar Abbas remained Iran’s most important port through which 35 percent of the country’s total trade activities had taken place.
In relevant remarks in early March, Deputy Managing Director of Iranian Railway Company Hossein Ashouri said that the transit of commodities through the country's rail network has nearly hit 1 million tons in the last eleven months.
"A total of 950,000 tons of goods were transited through railway network in the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2016-February 20, 2017)," Ashouri said.
He said that Iranian Railway has set a record in transit of goods in the current Iranian year (will end on March 20) as relocation of fertilizers and aluminum grew by 20 percent.