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Earthquake Jolts Hormozgan, Iran

reporter 1222 — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:00:20 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale hit Qaleh Qazi city, in Hormozgan province a few minutes ago.

According to Iran’s Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the earthquake occurred at 15:12 local time at the depth of 13 kilometers.

The epicenter of the quake was located at 56.26 degrees longitude and 27.46 degrees latitude.

No casualties or damages have been reported yet, while rescue teams have been immediately dispatched to the affected areas to assess the situation.

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Hormozgan customs export over $5bn worth of products in four months

reporter 1222 — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 08:30:26 +0000

He pointed to the major products exported from this southern province and said, “mineral oils, lubricants, bitumen materials, mineral waves, plastic and rubber materials, cast iron, steel, copper products were of the main products exported from Hormozgan province overseas in the same period.”

He went on to say that all the aforementioned goods were exported to the Persian Gulf littoral states, India, China and Thailand.

It is targeted that $9.6 billion worth of products will be exported from this province by the yearend (to end March 20, 2010), he added.

Ghassemi pointed to the high capacities and potentials of Hormozgan province in the field of exports and added, “we are trying to boom small ports of this province in order to spur exports and export activities in the current year (started March 21, 2019).

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$2bn worth of goods exported from Hormozgan prov.’s customs

reporter 1222 — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 08:06:57 +0000

Head of Hormozgan province Industry, Mine and Trade Organization Khali Ghasemi made the remarks on Monday in a meeting of provincial Non-Oil Export Promotion Working Group and reiterated, “6,793,000 tons of products, valued at $2.793 billion, were exported from customs offices of this province, showing a 16 percent hike as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

Iron ore, ethylene polymers, bitumen, mineral and chemical fertilizers were of the products exported from the provincial customs offices to the countries including China, United Arab Emirates, Thailand, India and Oman, he emphasized.

With the studies made in this regard, it has been targeted that more than $3 billion worth of products will be exported from this province in the current year (started March 21, 2019), he added.

In the same period, 243 tons of products, valued at $202,000, were imported into this province, recording a 100 percent increase as compared to the same period of last year, he highlighted.

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Hormozgan’s annual exports top $2.7 billion

reporter 1222 — Tue, 21 May 2019 09:31:55 +0000

Khalil Ghasemi, head of Hormozgan Industries, Mining and Trade Organization, said that most of Hormozgan’s goods were shipped to the Persian Gulf littoral states and East Asian countries.

Industrial and mineral commodities constituted 76% of last year’s total exports from Hormozgan, he said, adding that other exported goods included fruits and vegetables, construction materials and salt.

According to the official, the organization has planned to provide the condition to increase the province’s exports up to $3.5 billion by the end of the current fiscal.

Hormozgan province has 32 active ports, including Iran’s biggest container port, Shahid Rajaee, which accounts for more than half of the country’s total port throughput. Maritime transportation accounts for 85% of Iran’s foreign trade.

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Lengeh Port throughput hikes

reporter 1222 — Wed, 15 May 2019 11:31:15 +0000

According to Ghasemi Askari Nasab, the head of Bandar Lengeh Ports and Maritime Organization, of the total amount, some 150,000 tons were the oil-commodities, the throughput of which observed a 76% year-on-year increase.

Some exports and imports of non-oil goods through the ports amounted to 117,000 tons during the period, showing a growth of 28%, the official added.

He also noted that Lengeh Port and its subsidiaries have a well-developed infrastructure for the export of various types of goods, including construction materials, refrigerated containers and mineral shipments, ready to serve traders and investors in this region.

Askari Nasab added that the recorded volume of non-oil imports in west Hormozgan is 1,804 tons, indicating that the figure fell 67% compared to the same period last year.

During the mentioned period, the volume of non-oil goods transit (mostly cars) reached 24,603 tons, which represents a 30% growth compared to the same period last year.

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Shipment of goods in Shahid Rajaee port hits approx. 5mn tons

reporter 1222 — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:15:36 +0000

Approx. five million tons of various types of goods were shipped in Shahid Rajaee port, he reiterated.

In the same period, 2.5 million tons of non-oil goods was exported from this port, Afifipour added.

He expounded a comprehensive report on the one-month performance of the port in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), named after by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution as “Boosting Domestic Production”, and stated, “totally, 4,961,597 tons of oil and non-oil products were loaded and unloaded in the port in the same period.”

Of total 4,961,597 tons of goods, non-oil and oil products accounted for 3,080,974 and 1,880,623 tons respectively, the director general emphasized.

He put the total non-oil exports volume in the largest trade port of the country at 2,511,783 tons.

He also put the total non-oil volume imported into the country in the same period through the largest trade and business port of the country at about 375,175 tons, showing a significant 43.5 percent decline as compared to the last year’s corresponding period, Afifipour added.

Elsewhere in his remarks, he explained one-month performance of Shahid Rajaee Port Special Economic Zone and added, “604,740 tons of oil products were exported from the country through this port in the first month of the current year.”

Moreover, 1,275,883 tons of oil products was transported in the port in the same period within the framework of cabotage, he stressed.

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Export of goods through customs of Iran’s Qeshm island up by 139%

reporter 1222 — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:46:49 +0000

Dried fish, cigarettes and industrial salt are among the main exported products, Saidi added, Trend reported referring to IRNA.

The export of goods has increased by over 139 percent in the last Iranian year compared to the year before, he said.

Saidi added that the products are mainly exported to the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Georgia.

He said that 44,500 tons of products worth $103 million were imported through the customs of Qeshm island.

The value of imported rice, cosmetic goods, household goods, tobacco, tea, fabrics decreased by 13 percent while the weight increased by 8 percent, Saidi said.

Last Iranian year 733 tons of products worth $5.34 million were transited through the customs of Qeshm island, he said.

Saidi added that clothing, air conditioners, footwear, household goods were transited to Kish and Chabahar Free Trade Zones, Shahid Rajaee Special Economic Zone, the South African Republic, Mongolia, Turkey, Taiwan and Vietnam.

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Iran to bypass US sanctions by private sector: official

reporter 1222 — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:01:42 +0000

Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi said Saturday that it is possible to ditch US illegal sanctions against the Iranian nation by using the private sector.

“The United States imposed economic sanctions to create a gap between the Iranian people and government so as to reach its political aim,” he said, adding, “this is while one can bypass sanctions by the private sector.”

The Iranian nation has proved during the past 40 years that they would support the Islamic Revolution like their family, he added, while addressing private sector representatives of Hormozgan province in Bandar Abbas.

Elsewhere he said that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will arrive at Bandar Lengeh, Hormozgan province, on Sunday morning and will address the local people hours later.

Vaezi said that President Rouhani will unveil Fateh submarine on the second day of his visit to the southern Iranian province. Earlier reports had indicated Rouhani would unveil the home-made submarine on Sunday.

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Rouhani arrives in Hormozgan province

reporter 1222 — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 07:31:55 +0000

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived at Bandar Lengeh Airport some minutes ago to pay a visit to the southern Iranian province.

Iranian President will meet with different groups of people and officials during the two-day visit as well as inaugurating various projects in the province.

He is going to address the people some minutes later in a stadium in Bandar Lengeh.

Rouhani is slated to inaugurate two projects in the third phase of the Persian Gulf Star Refinery (PGSR) in the afternoon.

Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami, Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami, Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian, Minister of Oil Bijan Zanganeh and Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati accompany Rouhani in this visit.

Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi said Saturday that President Rouhani will unveil Fateh submarine on Monday.

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Rajaei Port container throughput reaches 1.4 m in 9 months

reporter 1222 — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 12:30:55 +0000

Over 1.4 million container goods were loaded and unloaded in Shahid Rajaei Port, southern Hormozgan Province, during the past nine months of the current fiscal year (March-December 2018), a senior official at Ports and Maritime Organization said.

Director General of Hormozgan Ports and Maritime Organization, Allah-Morad Afifipour, put the container throughput in Shahid Rajaei at 1.4 million, saying the figure indicates some 29% fall in comparison to the similar spell of time last year.

Over 1.98 million containers were loaded and unloaded in the strategic port during the past year’s nine-month period.

“Container transship through the port amounted to 181,683 TEU containers and the container transit to the regional ports stood at 257,352 during the past nine months,” the official noted.

Located along the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormoz, Shahid Rajaei Port is Iran’s biggest container hub, handling almost 80% of the country’s container activities.

The strategic port can accommodate Panamax cargo ships with a capacity of more than 12,000 TEU. The port’s capacity is envisaged to increase to 8 million TEU when the construction operations are complete.

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