Gholami reveals the proceeds and the quality of Iranian exports to Iraq since last March

A border crossing between Iraq and Iran
 
02/28/2021

Economy News - Baghdad

The Director of the Iranian Ilam Province Customs, Ruhollah Ghulami, said, on Sunday, that goods worth 464 million dollars were exported to Iraq through Mehran's international borders, and for the period between March 20, 2020, until the end of January 2021.

"This quantity of goods weighing more than 907 thousand tons was exported to Iraq through Mehran's international borders," Gholami said in a statement to the Iranian News Agency, followed by Al-Iktissad News, adding that "the most important exported goods included building materials, fruits, vegetables and plastic products." Industrial products, glass, mugs, household appliances, metal products. " 

The Director General of Customs in Ilam Governorate indicated that "250 Iraqi trucks enter the Mahran border crossing daily to transport goods to Iraq," explaining that "food, plastic products, glassware, auto parts and products, steel, ceramics, tiles and building materials are among the materials exported by Iranian merchants. From Mahran customs, across the border. " 

Gholami stressed that "the movement of trucks carrying export goods to the borders of Mehran is currently normal, as the goods are first cleared through customs and then loaded with Iraqi trucks, and the export is done without interruption or special problems." 

Turning to the amount of goods exported from the borders of Mehran last year, Gholami said, "During the last Iranian year (20 March 2020), two million 79 thousand goods were exported from Mehran to Iraq, which shows a growth of 24 percent in volume.

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