A fivefold increase in the cost of transporting goods from China to Iran; Thousands of trucks remained behind the borders.
The heads of the two transport and trade organizations of Iran announced the sharp increase in import costs, the stopping of thousands of trucks at the country's borders and the uncertainty of Iranian cargo in the ports of neighboring countries. The problems that intensified at the same time as the naval blockade on Iran and the increasing economic pressures from Washington.
🔸 Fayman Sanandji, head of the transportation committee of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, announced on Thursday, November 7, that the cost of transporting a 40-foot container from China to Iran has risen from about $2,700 to $13,600; An increase of almost five times which he says affects the finished price of goods, including basic products.
In an interview with the Ekhtaznews website, he also announced the suspension of more than four thousand trucks and tractors at the border crossings between Iran and Turkey, including in Zargan, Saro and Rezi, and said that the main problem at these routes is the long waiting time to cross the border. At the same time, the chairman of the board of directors of the professional union of the international transport companies of Iran, announced in an interview with the Mehr news agency that the stopping time of the trucks in some of the country's borders reached 10 to 15 days.
According to him, the cost of transporting the goods from Turkey to Iran also increased to about 7,000 dollars in some cases. Malkazada pointed out that the reason for this increase is the long stoppage of trucks at the borders and the lack of trucks in Turkey.
Read the full version of this report on Radio Perda's website.