{"id":553354,"date":"2026-06-29T00:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=553354"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:48:04","slug":"pak-iran-trade-to-be-boosted-thru-taftan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pak-iran-trade-to-be-boosted-thru-taftan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak-Iran trade to be boosted thru Taftan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>rail-based trade<br \/>\n ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nFederal Board of Revenue (FBR) has officially declared the Taftan border railway station a land customs station for import and export operations, a step expected to streamline rail-based trade, lower transport costs and strengthen formal commerce between Pakistan and Iran.<br \/>\nThe decision came after a phone conversation between the heads of Iranian and Pakistani railways, followed by official correspondence calling for the activation of Taftan railway crossing.<br \/>\nUnder the FBR notification, the 11.75-hectare Taftan railway station has been authorised to handle loading, unloading, customs clearance and processing of imported and exported goods. The geographical boundaries of the customs facility have also been defined, officially integrating the Taftan rail terminal into Pakistan\u2019s customs network.<\/p>\n<p>Taftan is Pakistan\u2019s main land crossing with Iran and has long held strategic importance but has operated below its full capacity due to infrastructure limitations and the lack of comprehensive customs facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe the establishment of a railway customs station will facilitate the movement of goods by rail, reduce transportation costs, speed up customs clearance and improve the organisation of cross-border trade.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is also expected to help curb smuggling and informal trade routes by streamlining documentation, inspection and customs clearance procedures while encouraging the use of formal trade channels. \u2014 DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>rail-based trade ISLAMABAD Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has officially declared the Taftan border railway station a land customs station for import and export operations, a step expected to streamline rail-based trade, lower transport costs and strengthen formal commerce between Pakistan and Iran. The decision came after a phone conversation between the heads of Iranian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pak-Iran trade to be boosted thru Taftan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/pak-iran-trade-to-be-boosted-thru-taftan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pak-Iran trade to be boosted thru Taftan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"rail-based trade ISLAMABAD Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has officially declared the Taftan border railway station a land customs station for import and export operations, a step expected to streamline rail-based trade, lower transport costs and strengthen formal commerce between Pakistan and Iran. 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