Stop the letter issuing factory
The head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce stated that for economic activists, the harassment of the executive apparatus is a bigger problem than the financial problems, adding: "Our request to the government and the parliament is to stop the factories that issue letters."
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Massoud Khansari, in a letter to the delegation of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, which is being held online, said: "Business environment problems that are the concern of all economic actors and are increasing day by day." These problems are increasing and it has caused many problems to both trade and industry.
He continued: The change in the index of imported goods last year compared to 1396, has increased by 295 percent and this increase based on the dollar has been 30.3 percent and based on the rial has increased 10 times.
According to Khwasnari; If the price of the currency has tripled and global inflation has dropped by 3.5 percent, the average cost of imports has increased by 22.5 percent.
He added: "According to this, the cost index has increased 10 times, 276% of Rial inflation and 659% increase of non-dollar costs, including clearance costs, speculation costs, transportation, currency allocation costs, customs and most importantly the issuance of letters." have given.
Emphasizing that the increase in the price of goods should not be blamed on sanctions, Khansari said: "Internal problems are more effective and the whole country has become a production of letters of credit."
He continued: "According to the new circular of 1397, everyone can get 4200 currency. Recently, it was announced that they can make a difference, while it is not possible to identify who abused it, and now, after three years, this circular has been closed to everyone and everyone is in trouble."
Khansari demanded that the issuance of a new directive and turning to us be stopped once and for all.
He said that if you expect a jump in production and development will not go this way, he added: "The harassment of the executive apparatus hinders economic development and our request to the government and parliament is to end the letter-issuing factory."
* ILNA
