In the ten months of Iran's calendar year (from March 21 to January 20), the trade turnover with Caspian littoral countries increased by 9.19% to $3.03 billion, Iran's Customs Administration said, Report informs, citing foreign media.
During the year, Iran's freight turnover with the Caspian littoral countries decreased by 12.59% to 5.54 million tons.
During the reporting period, Iran's main trade partner was Russia with $1.79 billion (1.27% less than the previous year). Cargo turnover with this country dropped 20.23% to 3.11 million tons.
Azerbaijan comes second with $583.37 million (+23.45%) (cargo turnover increased by 9.59% to 647,809 tons), followed by Turkmenistan with $389.65 million (+32.64%) (cargo turnover fell by 2.65% to 1.1 million tons), and by Kazakhstan with $265.9 million (+33.21%) (cargo turnover increased by 11.27% to 664,991 tons).
In the same period, the exports amounted to 3.25 million tons worth $1.67 billion of trade turnover, showing an increase of 3.41% and a decline of 23.81% compared to the year, respectively.