Iran's share of the world's stone industry is only four percent
The governor of Mahalat city, emphasizing the competitiveness of the country's stone industry, cited Iran's share of the industry at just four percent.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, Sayyid Ahmad Sajjadi, the governor of neighborhoods, at a ceremony marking the start of the 9th International Stone Exhibition, attended by Ismaili, head of the country's engineering system, Shafiei, chairman of the Association of Stone, and Sharif, secretary of the National Stone Association, and a group of provincial officials. It is held, it is stated: The space and location of the Ninth Neighborhood Stone Exhibition was completed in eighty-four days in the form of a jihadi work.
He emphasized the difference between this year's exhibition in terms of space, number of participants and quality compared to previous years. He added: More than three hundred and fifty companies are present in this exhibition that in terms of exhibitions performed more than last year and shows the quality The country has a high capacity for stone industry.
Referring to the high costs that the organizer and course attendees have paid for the exhibition, he said, considering the quality of the stone exhibitions in the country and the potential that exists in the field of stone processing and mining, a special place in the world for Iran is conceivable if we do not currently have a high share of global markets.
He added: Despite the country's many capacities in the field of stone industry, a small share of about four percent belongs to Iran, which is a significant contribution.
Governor of Mahalat city, noting that two percent of the world's travertine stone is in Mahalat and 12 percent of the world's stone production is in the city, he said: With all these capacities a small share of sales is allocated to the country, of which ninety and Five percent of it is for sale.
He emphasized the necessity of finding and diagnosing this issue and said that there are weaknesses in the public and private sectors and that weaknesses should be identified and eliminated in order to find the country's leading position in this industry. There is no other way than to internationalize the stone industry, we must enter the world markets and consolidate our share with the diversity of mineral reserves and potentials.
Sajjadi added: In the past years, due to market demand, manufacturers also paid attention to domestic markets, but today due to the stagnation and failure of the construction industry in the country we have to act cross-border. The decline in demand due to the growth of barriers in the building industry has also stunted the country's stone industry, and because of rising dollar prices today's real homeowners cannot afford to buy, and the building industry and, consequently, the stone industry are in recession. It cannot be made clear.
He has competed in the stone industry, reduced production prices, and increased productivity, which are at the core of resistive economic policies, controlling production factors, departing from traditional production and exports, employing specialist forces, and utilizing pioneering stone industry experience in spot-removal strategies. The weakness and finding the true position of the country's stone industry in the world arena.
The city governor cited synergy growth as a factor in branding the country's stone industry and said there were shortcomings in part because of the government's efforts to provide the necessary support for the development of active political and economic ties, providing inexpensive facilities, Amendments to export and customs laws will be abolished.
"The private sector can play a big role in branding with the modernization of industries," he said. Today there are two hundred and fifty licensed industrial processing units in the district, of which twenty-five are active, and if this capacity is taken into account we can make the country's stone industry competitive.
Sajjadi emphasized that the private and public sectors should work together to identify problems and solve them so that we can gain the true status of the country's stone industry in the world.
* ISNA
