We have an annual export potential of $ 100 billion
Chairman of the Iran-UAE Joint Chamber of Commerce: "Unfortunately, we do not use our export platforms, and the disruption of the trade system by issuing licenses, directives and changing procedures has prevented us from using the capacity of all parts of the country." If our export capacity could be at least one hundred billion dollars a year.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Farshid Farzanegan stated that with the start of Corona, the volume of demand in different countries decreased, adding that this decrease in demand reduced the volume of global exports of products that directly or indirectly consumed customers. Or in their supply chain. Thus, the volume of global trade has inevitably decreased.
Referring to the favorable trade situation with the UAE, he said: "The UAE has a regular and desirable cooperation by sending humanitarian aid and facilitating the trade of health and medical supplies, maritime transit in order to export agricultural and food products." Our maritime transit has spread to the UAE, and air travel has been facilitated after Mahan flights, which were mostly for passenger returns. We also need to work on the wooden and liner vessels so that we can activate them.
Regarding the need to pay attention to the export of small items, Farzanegan said: "In this case, serious policy is needed, and the Trade Development Organization, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Silence should cooperate with the joint chamber, which represents our country's private sector." And until this policy is centralized and issues with economic and trade goals are pursued, and the goal of increasing regional trade with Muslim countries is not achieved, we will not have a stunning achievement. It should be noted that the adoption of island island policy does not go anywhere.
He described the acceleration and facilitation of banking transactions, the use of banking facilities locally, the use of the capabilities of Iranians living in that country and the use of trade potential of Iranian businessmen active in global trade in the development of effective trade and said: The use of local capacities, knowledge of the markets of the target countries and regions, especially the UAE, which also has a favorable market in terms of transit, transportation and logistics for Iran, can lead to the development of trade.
The head of the Iran-UAE Chamber of Commerce said that we are weak in terms of branding and other countries will come to us only with the aim of getting cheap products, so by increasing the quality element we can have a good market share by producing quality goods at reasonable prices. "The UAE will play an important role in increasing trade with Iran, especially in East Asia, China, India and South America, so we can use this capacity," he said. In fact, our well-known and capable traders can produce products domestically and export them to the UAE by creating local brands, or packing can be done in the UAE.
He stressed: "We have the potential to acquire regional markets, especially the Persian Gulf market, because having a large country, abundant resources and capable and cheap manpower compared to other countries, provided that the necessary platforms are ready, high chances in trade." It gives us.
"Unfortunately, we do not use our export platforms, and the disruption of the trade system by issuing licenses, directives and changing procedures has made it impossible for us to use the capacity of all sectors of the country in this regard," the economist said. If our export capacity can be at least up to one hundred billion dollars a year.
"We did not pay attention to some of our export products," he said. Produce and export high quality home appliances, ceramics and stone.
According to him, cooperation with scientific centers, the private sector, traders and producers of the UAE and organizations of the Persian Gulf countries can help us in developing exports to friendly and neighboring countries, and in this case we can produce production and export chains in the form of Country and packaging continue in neighboring countries.
The head of the Iran-UAE Chamber of Commerce emphasized: "If we have a fixed procedure with a purposeful and medium-term strategy, we can use the country's capacity in the export sector." As many countries use. For example, in the garment industry, which was monopolized by certain countries, Bangladesh was able to become one of the hubs of clothing by using local and indigenous capacities, and we can do the same in the bag, footwear, textile, etc. sectors. .
He added: "Unfortunately, our lack of attention to the export, regional and trans-regional markets has weakened our ability and capacity, and we hope that by creating regional investments, bilateral cooperation with the countries of the region will not only in the export sector but also in the import sector." Especially neighboring countries and be able to use the markets of six hundred million neighbors.
Farzanegan stressed: "If the goal is to achieve a record in the export sector, all parts of the country will be committed to it, definitely with different manufacturing companies, active companies and the capacities that we have achieved during the sanctions and the pressure of sanctions by changing procedures and Current approaches can be the beginning of continuous production and trade. Of course, if strong and experienced government decision makers and capable companies are used in the field of export, and weak companies are given the necessary knowledge and training.
* ILNA
