Amarco Zunata: Lack of Specialized Manpower Damages Iran's Stone Industry
Manager of Italian OMCD Holding Trade: The weakness I see in Iranian stone fairs is that there are several stone fairs in Iran and it should become one.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, Marco Zunata said that the company has been active in the stone industry for thirty-two years and has visited more than thirty countries and has visited all The world is cooperating.
He added: "Wherever there is demand for the stone, the company has been active and has been active in Iranian markets since 2002, the Iranian market is a large and growing market, and from the perspective of foreign companies, the Iranian merchant has always been able.
"The attractiveness of Iranian markets is growing and I see more and more companies seeking Iranian stone," he said. "Iran is the first to offer the world a multitude of stones such as marble and limestone."
Zunata said: Iran may be the first country in the Marble supplier group and should pay close attention to management. The disadvantage I see in Iranian stone exhibitions is that there are several stone exhibitions in Iran and one must be international.
He added: Holding an exhibition internationally can be much stronger and more effective because last year we were invited to a stone exhibition in Tehran which was very weak.
The director of the Italian OMCD Holding Commerce said: Since the title of the exhibition is stone, a study must be carried out in this field so that only one exhibition will be held internationally.
Zunata added: This year's fair has the benefits of being more centralized and broader than last year's fair, but it has to be responsive to the public when it is opened, but the visitors are few in number because of lack of proper information, There are various exhibitions in the field of stone.
He said: The lack of visitors is one of the major weaknesses of the exhibition, unfortunately it is seen that the exhibition around the world has become a revenue generating industry and in this respect the number of exhibitions is increasing.
"The Iranian stone industry is growing because Iranian stones have a special beauty and the quality of work in this area has improved," said OMCD Italian Trading Director.
Zunata said: The world's first demand for the stone is raw stone because it is lower in price and when it is imported into the country they work and process the stone and then sell the processed stone with higher added value.
He said: Of course there are issues in the field of crude stone that sometimes a rock is so valuable that it is not processed so much, the rock of the first stage is a process stone, from rock to cut stone each at each stage of value. Addition has its own.
"The value added depends on the target market, sometimes the target market is China and sometimes Europe, and you have to look at how much the stone is sold in these markets and how much your value-added ceiling is," said OMCD.
He added: "All the fights around the world have added value to Iran's processing plants and market structure with other countries. For example, Turkey, as Iran's biggest competitor, has ninety-seven percent of its miners own processing plants and is directly present in markets. have.
Zunata added: The presence of miners with factories in world markets causes the whole value added to be mined, but in Iran 15% of miners are miners and 80% of miners are miners which affects the value added.
"Italy has large stone mines, but it also exports copper, but it exports stones in the form of a coupe, which does not benefit from the cut," said OMCD.
Referring to the use of stone waste in Italy, he said: "A large part of the stone waste in Italy is converted to calcium carbonate, the waste recycling of the stone costs a great deal and part of it is disposed of.
Zunata noted: Mines have been visited in Iran, extraction methods have grown and it has been improved to a large extent by consuming and extracting minerals such as wire from Italy, which have improved production methods and efficiency.
"I have seen Cheng Sav and Hawach machines in some mines around the world, but I haven't seen them in Iran mines, when Iran's stone is exported to Italy, which means it has the quality to be present in Italian markets.
He added: Iran to work in the processing sector Iranian stone when processed in Italy is much better and better quality than what happens in Iran, despite the Italian stone processing machinery in Iran the quality of processing is lower than in Italy, the force An efficient human being is not employed in this profession.
Zunata stated: It cannot be said that the quality of work in Iran is not good over time, that work experiences can be achieved and that in a short period of time one cannot comment and that quality can be achieved over time.
"Large quantities of Iranian stone are exported to China and are sold at low prices in markets. It is just that exporting stones to countries that supply the most value-added in world markets such as European markets," said OMCD Italian Trading Director OMCD. .
He added: "I think the sanctions will be lifted and there will be no sanctions in the next six months and this helps Italy become a good partner for Iran, which has also had good relations with Iran."
* Tasnim
