Request of mining activists to facilitate exports
Head of Iran's Mining House: Today the country is in the circle of oppressive sanctions of the enemy and the Corona crisis has shown its negative effects since March, so in this situation, the expectation of professionals from the new management of the Ministry of Industry is to facilitate exports.
According to the International Exhibition of Iranian Stone, Mohammad Reza Bahraman stated: According to published statistics, Iran is the twentieth leading economy in the world and last year, according to the customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, our country's trade volume reached eighty-five billion dollars.
He added: "The volume of non-oil exports last year was recorded as one hundred and thirty-three million tons, which increased by thirteen and a half percent compared to 1397 and was worth forty-one and three billion dollars, and the amount of imports was forty-three and seven billion." Shows the dollar.
Towards a more value-added approach
Bahraman pointed out: "Today, more than ever, the necessary bedding must be done so that the raw material is in the processing cycle after leaving the mine, so that we can reach the highest added value, and this must be planned in the Ministry of Industry."
"Studies show that more than eighty-five percent of imported goods, manufacturing inputs, raw materials, machinery and intermediate goods are manufactured, and this combination means that imports have taken place in the direction of production boom and with the boom in production, the background The instrument will increase exports.
Activation of four thousand mines
Bahraman reminded: "According to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry, today four thousand mines that have operating licenses have been closed due to various reasons, and now in the year of production leap, which is named by the Supreme Leader of the Revolution, action should be taken to activate them."
He said the new management of the Ministry of Industry is expected to prioritize the activation of inactive or closed mines, which will play a significant role in boosting production.
Maintain target markets in line with programmatic strategies
The head of the Mining House said that achieving the target markets in the field of industry and mining is not easily possible in today's competitive market conditions, adding that the country's exporters make great efforts to participate in the target markets and this should not be done by issuing a directive. Go.
He stressed that presence in target markets, when defined in the form of a strategic plan, will be sustainable and exporters will be hopeful.
The share of the mining sector in increasing exports
Bahraman added: The statistics of 1397 show a share of about twenty-one percent of the mining and mineral industries sector from non-oil exports with more than nine and two billion dollars, and the Ministry of Industry announced last year that the share of mining and mineral industries sector to twenty-five percent of exports. Reached that shows an increasing trend.
He added: "The demand of professionals from the management of the Ministry of Industry is to maintain markets and implement policies that facilitate this."
The new management of the Ministry of Industry is experienced
Bahraman called the street teacher an experienced person in the field of executive management with a history of eighteen years and said: "He has been tested in the management of steel, cement and other industries and has the necessary knowledge in the field of business."
He added: "The new management of the Ministry of Industry should evaluate the expert opinions of activists in the industry, mining and trade sectors, and decisions should not be made behind closed doors, but the opinions of activists in various sectors."
* IRNA