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 TEHRAN – Transit of goods via Iran rose 13.5 percent in the first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin (ended on April 20) compared with the same period in the previous year, Iranian Deputy Roads and Urban Development Minister Shahriyar Afandizadeh said.
Over one million tons of goods were transited via Iran in the mentioned period of time, IRNA quoted him as saying on Wednesday.
Some 94 percent of the goods, equaling 994,000 tons, were transited by roads, he added.
The transited consignments mostly consisted of fuel, construction materials, cotton, home appliances, vehicles, foodstuff and fertilizers, the official noted.
In April, Afandizadeh said that over 11.6 million tons of goods were transited through Iran last year.
Afandizadeh said that 106 countries transited their goods via Iran. Iraq, China, the UAE, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan transited the highest amounts of goods, he noted.
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