Financial Tribune - A total of 5.1 million tons of commodities were transported by the rail network since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20), which indicates a 4% year-on-year increase, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said on Wednesday.

�Wheat accounted for more than 168,000 tons of the total sum. The figure registers an eightfold increase year-on-year,� Saeed Rasouli was also quoted as saying by ILNA.

Notably, a total of 18,000 tons of goods worth more than $41 million were exported from Razi border crossing in West Azarbaijan�s Khoy County via 813 cargo wagons during the first month of the current Iranian year (March 20-April 19), showing a sevenfold and 20-fold rise in tonnage and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year.