TEHRAN – Over 12.3 million tons of goods were transited via Iran in the previous Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20.
Transit of goods via the country rose by 6.5 percent in Iranian calendar year 1393 (March 2014-March 2015) compared to the year before, the Tasnim news agency quoted Iranian Roads Maintenance Organization official Mohammad Javad Atrchian as saying on Thursday.
The transited consignments mostly consisted of fuel, construction materials, home appliances, cotton and vehicles.
Shahriyar Afandizadeh, the Iranian deputy transport and urban development minister has said that Iran has the capacity to transit 40 million tons of goods annually.