According to the Iran International Stone Exhibition, a working and specialized meeting of the Zanjan Chamber of Commerce and Mostafa Taheri, the representative of Zanjan and Tarom people in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, was held with the focus on following up the problems of economic activists and the private sector in different sectors.

The head of Zanjan Chamber of Commerce in this meeting, referring to the legal status of the Chamber of Commerce as a private sector parliament, said: Establishing coordination and cooperation between businessmen and owners of industries, mines and agriculture in law enforcement and providing advisory opinions on economic issues The various divisions are divided into three branches, including the duties and powers of the Chamber of Commerce.

Ali Yeganehfard, referring to some other duties and powers of chambers of commerce in different sectors, stated: One of the most important strategies of the chamber can be to pursue the collective, trade union and individual interests of members with the aim of increasing economic influence, strengthening the chamber as a non-governmental, knowledge-based institution. He mentioned helping to improve the economic environment and supporting entrepreneurship, as well as helping to manage the transformation of the country's economy.

Referring to the establishment of Zanjan Chamber of Commerce and its performance in different periods so far, he said: At present, Zanjan Chamber of Commerce is pursuing its programs in various departments and has advisory commissions consisting of six commissions and eleven active specialized organizations.

Regarding the obstacles to the province's business environment, the official pointed to the closure and semi-inactivity of more than twenty-five percent of the province's production units with more than six thousand three hundred and twenty-five people employed, and said that commercial courts were not formed in The province and the weakness of the courts in handling complaints, the difficulty of financing from banks, non-refund of value added tax within the legal deadline, the long time to deal with the problems of economic actors in tax dispute resolution boards and the complexity of laws and regulations, including problems and barriers to business environment. It is the work of the province.

The head of Zanjan Chamber of Commerce, referring to the barriers to business in the field of IT and knowledge-based businesses, reminded: the silence of the IT, electricity and electronics town of the province, the prolongation of the transfer of land to the province's science and technology park, observance Non-exemptions in some cases by the responsible organizations, requesting guarantees and heavy documents from companies to provide facilities by the banking network and non-cooperation of government organizations in implementing the laws to protect knowledge-based businesses are other cases and problems in this area.

He stated that there are obstacles and problems in the transportation and logistics sector of the province that need attention and cooperation, he said: the high rate of transportation in the province compared to other provinces, the failure of the President to approve the establishment of a logistics center in Province, lack of cold storage, public weighbridges, warehouses and customs clearance institutions, low value-added share of transportation, warehousing and postal sector of Zanjan province from the whole country and lack of facilities for applicants to buy used and second-hand cars, the two-lane project is not completed Railway construction, especially on the way from Zanjan to Qazvin, etc., is one of the main obstacles to the development of this sector.

The official continued: "Also, the lack of high-speed rail services on the route from Tehran to Zanjan, non-stop foreign flights of other provinces in the province and re-flight from Zanjan, deprivation of cargo planes in six provinces, high rail tariffs and lack of foreign flights." With the focus on cargo flights from the airport of the province is another problem of this section.

Yeganehfard stated that the shallow depth of the province's explorations and the lack of detailed exploratory and geological studies in the province, vegetation and underdevelopment of mining in exploitation licenses are among the obstacles of the province's mining sector. In various sectors, including the lack of a registered map for handmade carpets and sales with maps and designs of other provinces, legal obstacles regarding carpet weavers' insurance, the problem of deficit resources to pay the insured, export of some items and handicrafts only by mail and the possibility of export through Customs and postal restrictions on shipping.

He continued by presenting expert suggestions from the chamber in order to solve the problems of different economic sectors of Zanjan province, and continued: in the olive sector, problems such as revoking the water license of sloping lands and losing the capital of gardeners in Tarom region, not issuing exploitation licenses can be The reason for the environmental problems for the olive industrial units was the lack of identity and brand for the olives and the lack of access to government services such as facilities due to lack of licenses and institutions for gardeners and the validity of 15% mechanization.

The head of Zanjan Chamber of Commerce, stating that in order to fulfill the province's export roadmap, there are expectations from the representatives that Zanjan Chamber of Commerce has prepared and summarized proposals in this regard with expert work, said: Among these cases, creating export warehouses for countries Foreigners in order to invest in re-export of goods according to the convenient and logistical position of Zanjan province to other places, launching Zanjan airport that allows the province to connect to other parts of the country or export products requiring fast transportation and connecting Zanjan to three customs areas in Aras border, Iraq border and Anzali port are in order to create a special zone of foreign trade with foreign investment with other countries.

He said that investment incentives could be considered for IT companies in Zanjan province in order to establish joint cooperation with foreign parties to promote the IT sector, adding that the establishment of a trade zone hub with Russia through Zanjan for the Caucasus to the east, from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, in cooperation with Armenia, to re-export goods from the province to the two countries, without the need to cross Georgia, and to provide the necessary permits to export high-tonnage silver products in cooperation with Armenia to re-export jewelry with The production base of the province is the need to guide and persuade the executive organs of the province to move and domestic policies in order to realize the provincial export roadmap, including the suggestions of the Chamber of Commerce and the expectations of the representatives.

The head of Zanjan Chamber of Commerce stated that monitoring the supply chain of manufactured goods, reforming the reward system in favor of production, reducing the facility rate for the activities of priority groups such as electronics, handicrafts, academics, etc. are among the expectations of the province's private sector nationally. He stated: "Another expectation in this sector is that 100% of knowledge-based companies will benefit from government support during the first five years of their activity."

Referring to the problems in the production sector, including the performance of banks, the official said: One of the main problems of zinc production units in Zanjan province is the problem of currency allocation and temporary imports, which threatens to close them.

The head of the Zanjan Chamber of Commerce, referring to some cumbersome laws created for economic actors in the face of sanctions, called it a knot and noted: to operate the "leap of production" everyone must join hands and the Zanjan Chamber Also announces its readiness for expert work in various fields and presentation to members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

* ISNA