Director-General of Ilam Customs Administration Ruhollah Gholami said Iran’s exports to Iraq through the major gate witnessed a 25% increase in volume, compared with the corresponding period of last year.

On average, 1,000 trucks carry goods to Iraq from Mehran Border Terminal daily.

Export commodities Iraq mainly included cement, agro products, steel products, plastic products, cars, car parts and petrochemicals.

Earlier this year, economist reported that Iran has exported $2.5 billion worth of commodities and services to neighboring Iraq during the 100 days ending July 1, registering an increase of 20% compared with last year’s corresponding period.

In other words, goods worth an average $25 million were exported to the neighboring country per day, according to Secretary-General of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Hamid Hosseini.

He announced the figures during the Iran-Iraq Commercial Forum held at Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture on Saturday, IRIB News reported.

President of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Yahya Al-e Es’haq, who was also present at the forum, said Iran’s bilateral trade with Iraq is ten times more than that with the whole Europe.