Open the stone knot
Secretary of the Iranian Stone Association: Unfortunately, the activists in the field of stone are incurring a lot of expenses, including the high costs that can be attributed to the unnecessary increase - up to eight times - of the transportation costs of the activists in this sector this year.
According to Iran's International Stone Exhibition, the concerns of the country's stone activists are very diverse, but one of them is more prominent. As it is clear to all, one of the main problems of stone activists is the existence of obstacles to export boom. While activists in the area are keen on export growth, they are unfortunately facing major hurdles.
One of the biggest obstacles is the unjust sanctions that have made it difficult for money-makers to make money. Unfortunately, because of the sanctions, the resources of most of those who work in the stone export sector are blocked, and this group in practice is not able to make a proper currency for the country.
Unfortunately, there are many costs involved in stone sector activists, including high costs that can be attributed to the unnecessary - sometimes up to eight - fold increase in transportation costs for activists in the sector this year.
Given such problems for stone activists in the country, we expect the government to step in and help all stakeholders who can take positive action to help exporters.
For example, the Central Bank and the Maritime Organization, which not only support economic operators but only increase the costs of this sector, and thus greatly hurt the export of stone.
As a solution, I suggest that the government set up a working group with stone activists in the country to find out their approach and find a solution. Specifically, I believe there will be no boom in the stone section until it is opened.
* Ahmad Sharifi, secretary of Iranian Stone Association
