Return checks are the biggest dilemma for the stone industry
Stone industry activist: One of the biggest problems in the stone industry is the return checks that the government needs to take.
According to the Iranian International Stone Exhibition, Morteza Khalaj, an activist for the stone industry, said in an exclusive interview with Iran's Stone News Agency: "After the imposition of sanctions and lifting of sanctions, the relations of stone industry activists with foreign customers have increased and a number of stone industry activists have succeeded. Talk about exporting.
He added: "Of course, the issue of export has not been taken seriously yet and it needs time to be seriously and effectively formed."
He noted: Currently some stone industry activists have established good relations with Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan and are exporting the stone to these countries.
He added: "One of the most important steps that can be taken to get the stone industry out of recession is to provide the necessary infrastructure for construction in the country."
Khalaj said there are already good loans to build and buy houses but the loans are short and the installments are too high if the government prolongs the payments. It will have a very favorable impact on the construction industry.
He added: VAT has created many problems for activists in the past years. Due to the stagnation of the stone industry we cannot receive this tax from the customer. The customer is reluctant to pay the surplus and therefore goes to the manufacturing units not to receive the surplus.
Activist with a history of the stone industry stated: when crude stone was cheap, stone processing was very profitable but with crude stone processing the stone no longer had a former profit but the tax office was still taxing processing units based on the time before processing profit was high. It calculates that this is putting extra pressure on production units.
"One of the biggest problems in the stone checking industry is the need for the government to take the necessary steps in this area," he said.
He said: "At the moment the customer is available to buy processed stones, but because of the lack of security to pass checks, it is not easy to buy and sell stone." Many rockers face a large number of return checks every year, which unfortunately many of them do not pass after one year.
Activist with a history of the stone industry continued: "Attending foreign fairs is very useful and effective for stone industry activists; We do not have the infrastructure to implement these in Iran.
