Transit of goods via Iran up 25%

TEHRAN,Oct.1(MNA) - Over 5.8 million tons of goods were transited via Iran in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 20, showing 25 percent growth year on year, the deputy roads and urban development minister said on Sunday. The IRNA news agency quoted Shahryar Afandizadeh as saying that 2.4 million tons of the transited goods were oil products and the rest were non-oil products. The highest volume of the transited goods was related to transiting 1.8 million tons of goods from Iraq to the UAE. On September 21, Afandizadeh told that more than 100 countries are currently transiting their goods via Iran. Customs Administration Head Abbas Memarnejad has said that Iran exported around $43.7 billion worth of non-oil goods in the past calendar year and imported some $61.8 billion worth of goods, to hit the unprecedented mark of $105 billion in annual trade.