PMO News Portal - Regarding the port operations in Chabahar
port, Behrouz Aghaee stated that Chabahar port; As one of the important ports
in the southeast of the country, due to its strategic location and access to international
open waters, has a special status in Iran's trade exchange with other countries
in the region.
He continued: In three fields of maritime, port and
telecommunication, Chabahar port has modern and up-to-date equipment. Due to
the devices located in this port, the number of unloading and loading of goods
has increased by 25% since the beginning of this year (March 2020) compared to
the same period last year. 9% of the country's basic commodities have been
imported through the port of Chabahar since the beginning of this year. Imports
of basic goods (wheat, barley, corn, rice, sugar, agricultural products,
vegetable oil and food) from Chabahar port have increased by 71% compared to
last year.
concerning the export statistic in this port, Aghaee expressed
that export of agricultural, livestock and meat products and export of construction
goods through this large oceanic port has increased by 100 and 748 percent
respectively.