Mohammad Reza Hashemi, governor of Iran’s South Khorasan province, announced that the Mahiroud customs terminal ranked first among Iran’s export points to Afghanistan during the first half of the current year.

Hashemi said that in this period, more than 3.05 million tons of goods were exported from Iran to Afghanistan, of which over 1.03 million tons passed through South Khorasan and the Mahiroud border crossing.

He added that the total value of exports to Afghanistan reached $1.15 billion, with goods worth more than $350 million exported via Mahiroud.

Hashemi noted that some goods imported from Afghanistan are items Iran needs but does not produce domestically, calling this a sign of “balance and deepening trade relations” between the two countries.

According to the Tehran Times, trade between Iran and Afghanistan increased by nearly 84 percent in 2024 compared with the previous year, reaching $3.19 billion.

By the end of July, the total value of goods transited through the Dogharoon customs terminal to Afghanistan had reached $1.6 billion, according to official figures.