According to the International Exhibition of Iranian Stone, Mehdi Mirasharfi in a video conference with his counterpart, "Reza Tona Turagai" Deputy Minister of Commerce of Turkey said: Iranian Customs to hold a border meeting in person at Bazargan-Gorbalagh Customs to conduct a technical test of the final exchange project Customs information electronically and online, due to the finalization of the agreement between the fields of information exchange and successful testing of sending and receiving information records of the parties, it was announced to the Deputy Minister of Trade that it was decided to hold a preliminary meeting of IT experts to review the requirements and Schedule a face-to-face meeting and opening ceremony to be held on Tuesday, September 16th.

The Deputy Minister of Economy added: "Iran's second proposal to Turkey to pursue the possibility of electronic inquiry of the certificate of origin from the relevant authorities in Turkey was agreed according to the format, which was decided to reflect the issue to the relevant authorities and the Turkish Chamber of Commerce." To announce.

Mirasharfi continued: "Iranian Customs is ready to sign a memorandum of understanding on the implementation of the project of authorized economic operators AEO and the simplified customs green corridor by the heads of customs of the two countries in Tehran or Ankara. The initialing was announced to Turkey and it was decided to announce it in writing in a letter so that the documents would be signed by the heads of the two countries' customs at the earliest opportunity.

In this video conference, the Director General of Iran's Customs emphasized on speeding up trade between the two countries and said: "One of the things emphasized by Iran is increasing the capacity of accepting trucks at the Turkish Gorbalagh Customs (border between Bazargan and Gorbalagh, Turkey) and increasing truck acceptance." And the passenger from Esen Darreh customs (border of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Esen Darreh of Turkey) and the Deputy Minister of Commerce of Turkey promised to examine the situation in order to coordinate with Ankara and increase health and quarantine facilities in this border and increase traffic routes. Trucks at Gorbalagh Customs can be accepted up to a limit of three hundred and fifty trucks per day by the Turks.

Regarding the Sarv border, he said: "On the Sarv-Essen Darreh land border, since the 24th of Mordad, the Turkish side has accepted an average of one hundred and twenty passengers a day, and also an average of one hundred and ten trucks leaving for Turkey daily and fifty Incoming trucks travel to Iran.

In this conversation about Iranian travelers leaving for Turkey, Mirasharafi also emphasized: Lifting the restriction on accepting Iranian travelers leaving the country, considering that Turkey, according to the instructions of the Ministry of Interior and Health, only accepts travelers living in that country. The Deputy Minister of Commerce of Turkey announced that he would follow up with the Turkish Ministries of Interior and Health as competent authorities.

The Deputy Minister of Economy stated in the continuation of the conversation: Removing the time limit for starting the activity of Gorbalagh Turkish Customs in accepting passengers, considering that the said customs will accept passengers from 11:00 to 13:00, while Bazargan Customs will accept passengers 24 hours a day. Accepts passengers.

The Director General of Iran's Customs added: "In order to prevent the congestion of export goods of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the customs area of ​​Gorbalagh, Turkey and the occurrence of many problems in previous meetings, it was requested that Turkish Customs transfer to Iranian Customs goods that need to be evaluated." Bayazid should take action that the issue was postponed by the Turks to the agreement of the Turkish presidency and it was decided that he would follow up on the issue and announce the result.

Regarding the eighth offer of Iran's customs to Turkey, the director general of Iran's customs said: "The issue of Iranian drivers' dissatisfaction with the way services are provided and the lack of sanitary facilities in the Turkish Gorbolagh customs parking lot, despite the entrance fee, is reflected in the Turkish Deputy Minister of Trade." Examines the subject.

Regarding the development of the two countries' rail transport, Mirashrafi stated: "A request was made to increase the acceptance of wagons at the Razi land border, and the Turkish Deputy Minister of Commerce promised to follow up on this issue by the country's railways."

The Director General of Iran's Customs emphasized: "According to the reports received about repeated damages to Iran's export goods during the assessment at the Turkish Customs, the Deputy Minister of Commerce of Turkey, while expressing regret over the occurrence of this issue, follow up the issue and pay attention." Has given the supervisor of the area to solve the problem.

Regarding the requests of the Turkish side, Mirashrafi explained: The Turkish Deputy Minister of Trade also raised two issues in this video conference, one of which was the request to lift the ban on the import of sixty-eight items of goods subject to the preferential tariff of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran for Turkey, which was previously on the agenda of the Iran-Turkey Joint Commission in 1398, which was decided to follow up with the Ministry of Industry and announce the result. The second request of the Turkish container was the issue of finalizing the third phase of the e-TIR electronic beam project and requesting to expedite its implementation. It was decided that in the next three months, the Iranian Customs will review its implementation and technical feasibility.

In the end, Mirashrafi added: "Due to the significant decrease in foreign trade (exports and imports) in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year, the two sides to remove existing barriers and review all solutions to increase trade to compensate for the decline in trade balance." The remaining months of this year stressed.

* ILNA