President Inaugurates 60 Projects in Its Free Trade, Industrial Zones
President Inaugurates 60 Projects in Its Free Trade, Industrial Zones
President Hassan Rouhani officially inaugurated 60 projects in the country’s free trade-industrial and special economic zones.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Hassan Rouhani officially inaugurated 60 projects in the country’s free trade-industrial and special economic zones.

In a videoconference on Thursday morning, President Rouhani ordered the inauguration of the 60 economic and infrastructural projects in the free trade-industrial zones and the special economic zones.

The projects are situated in six free and special trade zones across the country, including four industrial plants in the Sahlan Special Economic Zone, a steel production factory, and four other industrial plants in the Salafchegan Special Economic Zone in Qom Province.

The other projects that came into operation on Thursday include an extra-heavy crude oil refinery and 26 economic and infrastructural projects in Qeshm Free Zone, four pier construction projects at port complexes and coastal areas, 14 industrial and infrastructural projects, energy and industrial plants in Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Bushehr Province, as well as three logistical and industrial development projects in Kaveh Special Economic Zone in Markazi Province.

Carried out with a total fund of 9.46 trillion tomans, the sixty projects have created employment for over 3,200 people.

After the inaugural ceremony, Rouhani called the 56 percent increase in foreign investment in the country’s free zones a sign of the defeat of {US} maximum pressure and economic terrorism.

He said: “Statistics show that Iran has been successful in transforming free zones from importers to exporters of products.”

Emphasizing the importance of Iran’s free trade and special economic zones, Rouhani said: “Exports of goods from these areas abroad amount to 138 billion dollars, and in contrast, Iran’s imports in these areas have been a total of 47 billion dollars.”

Pointing out that free zones can help the country’s economy in the face of sanctions, the Iranian president added: “Iran’s free and special economic zones have had a total increase of 56% in domestic and foreign investment compared to last year, which shows the growth and improvement of the attractiveness of the areas and successful government performance in this area.”

Rouhani stated that today in almost all countries of the region, free and special trade and economic zones are operating, adding: “Many free and special economic zones, both in the south and in the north of Iran, have the capacity and possibility of attracting tourists and prosperity of related economic activities.”

 

  • source : IRAN NEWS