Iran ikupitiliza kupereka zinthu zaulimi ku Astrakhan. Tsiku lapitalo, sitima ina inafika pa siteshoni ya Kutum, yomwe inabweretsa matani 600 a mbatata zoyamba kutumizidwa ku Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara ndi Volgograd. Zina mwazinthuzi zidzatsalira kwa ogula a Astrakhan. Masiku angapo m'mbuyomu, sitima ina yokhala ndi masamba ndi zipatso zochokera ku Iran idatsitsidwa ku Kutum.
Mu theka loyamba la chaka, pafupifupi matani 50 a masamba ndi zipatso ochokera kumayiko a dera la Caspian, komanso kuchokera ku Pakistan ndi India, ayenera kutumizidwa kudzera ku Astrakhan. Akuluakulu a zigawo ali ndi chikhulupiliro kuti momwe zinthu zilili panopa, chigawo chakumpoto-kumwera chapadziko lonse lapansi chili ndi mwayi wopititsa patsogolo chitukuko chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa kufunikira kwa mphamvu zake.
"Njira zoyendetsera North-South zikulandira chitukuko chowonjezera. Astrakhan ikukhala yofunika kwambiri kuchokera ku malo opangira zinthu - katundu amadutsa ife kupita ku Russia. Zina mwazinthuzi zikhalabe pano - pamodzi ndi zogulitsa za alimi a Astrakhan, mwayi wowonjezera umakhala wodzaza msika wa ogula kuchokera kumayiko ochezeka, "akukhulupirira Minister of Economic Development of Astrakhan Region Mansur Gadzhiev.