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Shafaq News- Tehran
Iran exported 609,000 metric tons of goods worth $214.7
million to Iraq through the Mehran border crossing during the first quarter of
the current Iranian year, which began on March 21, up 17% from a year earlier.
Cited by Iranian Mehr news agency on Saturday, AIlam Customs
Director Sohrab Kamari said exports to Iraq included agricultural products,
construction materials such as tiles, ceramics, glass, reinforcing steel, and
building stone, as well as cement clinker, iron ore, PVC pipes, and live fish,
attributing the increase of demand for construction materials and agricultural
products.
Kamari also pointed to a sharp increase in international
transit activity through the Mehran crossing, with 31,967 metric tons of
transit goods passing through the border point, up 54% year-on-year. The number
of transit trucks rose by 476% to 5,991, compared with the corresponding period
last year.