Defending the stone industry against China with tolls
Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Commerce: The policy of levying export duties on raw stone and decorative stone is to defend the industry against China, which today has a market share.
According to the Iranian Stone Exhibition, according to the Customs Statistics of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the export of marble, travertine and ... last year about nine hundred eighty eight thousand seven hundred twenty-three tons worth more than one hundred ninety four It was millions of dollars. The Ministry of Industry has predicted a 20 per cent increase in export duties on stone crop according to the guidelines issued by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs.
Jafar Sarkhini said: "If 10 million tons of construction and decorative stone are exported to export markets annually, in fact," Iran's Flower Stone "will be exported in the form of a crop (premium or premium). .
According to him, the Chinese take the crude from our country and obtain the highest value added by processing it, but the Iranian producer of the crushed stone is not able to compete with foreign parties.
Deputy Minister of Mines and Minerals of the Ministry of Industry noted: Today the technology in the building and decorative stone sector of Iran is not the same as the Chinese side.
According to statistics from the Iranian Rock Association last year, exports of raw or semi-processed ore consisted of one million tonnes worth one hundred sixty-one million dollars to forty-four countries, eighty percent of which amounted to eight hundred and twelve thousand tons.
Also, five hundred and eighty one thousand tonnes of processed ore were exported worth a hundred and forty-four million dollars, in which Iraq accounted for the most with two hundred and sixty-nine thousand tons.
Explaining the role of the Ministry of Industry in relation to the stone sector units, Sarkhini explained: Today, the ministry supports them in setting up stone processing plants in industrial settlements, providing loans and receiving banking facilities like other manufacturing units.
Statistics show that the capacity of construction and decorative stone processing plants is more than one hundred and eighty million square meters, of which ninety to ninety-five million square meters are produced annually for domestic demand and export.
Inadmissibility of Mining Offenses
The Deputy Minister of Mines and Minerals Affairs of the Ministry of Industry stated: The issue of the mines is assigned to the persons according to the Law on Mines, which is approved by the Parliament.
He said: "Exactly according to the law in the field of mines transfer and no violation of the law is accepted and besides the ministry, the supervisory bodies (Inspectorate, Court of Accounts ...) are most sensitive to the transfer of mines."
* IRNA
