The beginning of the registration of the geographical indication of the Travertine stone of Mahalat city
Governor of Mahallat County: Geographical Indication It is important to know which geographic area a product belongs to and in fact determine the geography of the place of production.
According to the International Stone Exhibition of Iran, Sayyid Ahmad Sajjadi, the governor of Mahalat city, regarding the registration of Maharashtra stone travertine, stated: Geographical indication indicates that it is important to know which geographical area a product belongs to and in fact the geography of the production site. .
He added that the travertine stone geographical indication of Mahallat city is registered according to its volume, quality and name, adding: Logo is one of the documents required to be submitted to the IPO, accordingly, the stakeholders in the field of stone have reached a consensus. And selected the logo and sent it with other documentation to the Intellectual Property Register.
The city's governor cited the benefits of preventing fraud and providing legal follow-up of any abuse, advertising and travertine stone signature.
Referring to the existence of about seventy travertine ore mines in Mahallat, Sajjadi said that the mineral reserves of these mines were twenty million tons and said: "There are about two hundred and fifty stone processing plants in Mahallat city, that number is about two million square meters per year." They produce stones.
The governor of Mahallat city said that the first economy of Mahallat town is based on stone, adding: More than six thousand people work in Mahallah stone district and about sixty percent of the people of the city are through the stone industry.
* ISNA
