TEHRAN - Foreign transit from Iran was still on an upward trajectory in the calendar month to late April, according to a recent report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

The IRICA report says that some 1.6 million tons of goods were transited from Iran in the one-month period which shows a 47 percent growth compared to the same month of last year. 

Parvizkhan customs on Iran’s western borders with the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Shahid Rajaei customs in the southern country, and Bashmaq customs which connects Iran to Iraq, registered the largest foreign transit in the one-month period respectively.

Some 486,000 tons of goods were transited through Parvizkhan customs, with 377,000 tons of goods being transited through Shahid Rajaei customs and another 203,000 tons going through Bashmaq customs, the report said.

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