Exports to Afghanistan via Dogharoon up by 33pc: Iran

KABUL via the Dogharoon Special Economic Zone over the past six months, a media outlet reported on Saturday.

IRNA quoted the Dogharoon Special Economic Zone head as saying the value of the exports had increased by 33 percent, compared to the corresponding period last year,

Mohammad Rostami said 34,981 trucks had transported Afghanistan’s exports — worth $2.575 million and weighing 2,992 million tonnes — to Iran.

Half of the Iranian exports to Afghanistan were sent through Dogharoon to western Herat province — the second biggest market in the country.

Construction materials, fruits, and food items are among the goods Iran exported Afghanistan, which sent construction stones, oil seeds and used batteries to the neighbour.

PAN Monitor/mud

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