Trade between Kurdistan and Iran has fully resumed after being halted due to the war.
Trade between Kurdistan and Iran has fully resumed after being halted due to the war.
2026-06-01
Shafaq News – Sulaymaniyah
Mustafa Sheikh Abdul Rahman, head of the Kurdistan Region’s Exporters and Importers Union, announced on Monday the full resumption of trade between the region and Iran after a period of stagnation and decline due to the war in the region.
Abdul Rahman told Shafaq News Agency that trade between the two sides has returned smoothly and completely, noting that the current situation is very normal and that economic and commercial activity is witnessing remarkable stability.
He added that the war had affected some trade routes during the past period, especially those related to airports and air traffic, but that these obstacles have now disappeared, and trade between the Kurdistan Region and the rest of the world has returned to normal.
Regarding commodity prices and customs duties, the head of the Exporters and Importers Union explained that commodity prices in the Kurdistan Region are still lower compared to the central and southern regions of Iraq, due to the continued application of the previous customs and tax system within the region.
He added that since the beginning of this year, the Iraqi government has begun implementing a new customs tariff system in the remaining governorates, while this system has not yet been implemented in the Kurdistan Region, which has contributed to keeping commodity prices at lower levels than their counterparts in the rest of Iraq.
Abdul Rahman’s statement comes days after the governor of Kermanshah, a Kurdish province in western Iran, Manouchehr Habibi, conducted an inspection tour of the Parviz Khan border crossing adjacent to the Kurdistan Region, to discuss mechanisms for developing infrastructure and trade, stressing the importance of modernizing the export corridor that connects his country to the region.
These Iranian moves to organize the border areas in Parviz Khan (adjacent to the Garmian administration in the Kurdistan Region) come at a time when trade between the two sides is witnessing remarkable growth, amid mutual demands from the chambers of commerce in the region and Iran for the need to remove bureaucratic obstacles and facilitate the movement of goods and travelers.
The Parviz Khan International Port is one of the main economic arteries and links between Iraq and Iran, and a large part of Iranian exports pass through it towards the markets of the Kurdistan Region and the rest of the Iraqi governorates.
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