Monthly export of sweets, chocolates, cereal products rises 21% yr/yr Tehran Times
TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s export of sweets, chocolates, and cereal products increased 21 percent in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-April 20), as compared to the same month of the past year, an official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced.
Mahmoud Bazari, the director-general of TPO’s office of agricultural products and processing industries, said that the export of the mentioned items also registered a 13-percent growth in terms of weight in the mentioned month.
While mentioning Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Azerbaijan as the main target markets for the export of these products, he said the production of sweets and chocolates in the country has made good progress in the last ten years and can be said to have an acceptable status in terms of quality and variety of products.
Iran-Oman trade could be boosted to $5b Tehran Times
TEHRAN – Head of Iran-Oman Joint Chamber of Commerce said the two countries have the potential to raise their trade level to $5 billion per year.
“Given the favorable conditions for diversifying Iranian exports to Oman and the existing infrastructure for re-export in Oman, there is a capacity to increase the volume of trade between the two sides to five billion dollars,” Mohsen Zarabi told IRNA on Saturday.
Referring to the good political and economic relations between the two countries, Zarabi said: Eight years ago, when the Iran-Oman Joint Chamber was established, the volume of trade between the two countries was only $221 million due to the lack of necessary infrastructure.
Tehran to host EAEU exclusive expo in mid-May Tehran Times
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) has said an exclusive exhibition of Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states’ economic capabilities is planned to be held in Tehran on May 17.
According to Hamid Zadboum, the mentioned exhibition will be held if the coronavirus pandemic conditions get better in the country, the TPO portal reported.
Zadboum pointed to the Eurasia exhibition as a platform for representing the two sides’ export capacities, saying: Hosting this exhibition is a great opportunity that can facilitate negotiations to achieve free trade with the union.
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