TEHRAN- Transit of commodities through Kermanshah province, in the west of Iran, rose 69 percent during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced.

Ali-Asghar Abbaszadeh, an official with the province’s customs department, said that 232,980 tons of commodities worth $948,058,442 were transited via the province, in the eight-month period, with 69 percent growth in weight, and 48 percent rise in value, year on year.

As previously announced by the deputy transport minister, transit of commodities through Iran increased by 28.2 percent during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year, as compared to the same period of time in the past year. 

Shahriyar Afandizadeh announced the achievements resulting from promoting transit negotiations, and the foundations of the "Iran-Way" initiative in the growth of the country's transit this year, and said that 9,458,862 tons of commodities were transited via Iran in the first eight months of the present year.

The continuous trend of recent transit records via the country and the increasing interest of governments, traders, and those active in transport sectors from neighboring, regional and extra-regional countries in the transit and logistics situation of the Islamic Republic of Iran indicate the fruitfulness of the transformational approach of the 13th government to the strategic issue of transit, with emphasis on the development of all-round economic relations with neighbors, the official stressed.

As stated by Transport and Urban Development Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash, the “Iran Way”

initiative made by the current Iranian government, lets the neighboring countries use Iran as a route or a solution that facilitates their access to international waters.

Iran Way initiative is the gateway to Iran's land of transit opportunities, the minister has underlined.

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