West Azarbaijan province producers exported some 1.2 tons of goods during the last fiscal year (ended March 19), a senior customs official said.
Head of West Azarbaijan province’s Industries, Mining and Trade Organization, Gholamreza Baba’i, added that the figure indicates a 44% hike in comparison with the year before.
Light oils, agricultural products, including watermelon, walnut, plum, tomato, almond and apple, polyethylene, and other food products constitute the main exports of West Azarbaijan.
West Azarbaijan borders Turkey, Iraq and Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
The province trades through five land border crossings, namely Poldasht, Bazargan, Razi, Sero, and Tamarchin.