Direct shipping line expected to boost Iran's exports to Oman to $600M

Published January 8th, 2017 - 10:00 GMT
The shipping route between Iran's Shahid Rajaee and the Omani port of Sohar was made operational on 4 February 2016. (MaritimeDirectory.com)
The shipping route between Iran's Shahid Rajaee and the Omani port of Sohar was made operational on 4 February 2016. (MaritimeDirectory.com)

Iran's exports to Oman reached $390 million over the past seven months and is expected to rise to $600 million by the end of the Iranian year in March, head of the Iran-Oman Joint Chamber of Commerce said on Saturday.

This is while Iran's annual exports of commodities to the Arabian Gulf country used to be at $148 million just four years ago, Mohsen Zarrabi was quoted as saying by Irna.

He said that the rise in Iran's exports to Oman is due in part to launching a direct shipping line between the two countries.



 

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