TEHRAN (Iran News) –A member of board of directors of Iran-India Joint Chamber of Commerce rejected reports that Indian doctors are present in Iran and also reports of importing cars from India.
Speaking to ILNA, Mohammad Hassan Didehvar refuted some reports regarding the presence of Indian doctors in Iran and said it is just an assumption which has been raised by the Health Ministry due to shortage of educates and even this problem has gripped the knowledge-based companies, and in the near future Iran may be forced to import skillful forces like doctors but currently it is not true.
On Iran’s frozen money in India, Didehvar said that the amount of Iran’s frozen money in India is unknown. Touching upon the amount of the trade exchange between Iran and India, he said that the trade volume of Iran and India in the first 9 months of the year has been around $2.4b and Iran’s non-oil exports account for $1.34b of the total volume, and the remaining amount accounts for Iran’s imports from India. He added that the figure shows that Iran’s exports in the first 9 months have increased by 74% comparing to the same period last year while the value of imports have decreased by 37% and this has helped the trade balance between the two countries to become positive in favor of Iran.
Didehvar went on to say that rice is dominating import of Iran from India which is valued around $220m in 9 months. Black tea and aluminum oxide and green banana are of the major imports of Iran from India, he added.
He said that methanol and ammonia top the list of Iran’s exports to India and iron products, pistachio and steel shit are the other major exports of Iran to India. He expressed hope for the rise in exports to India and said that rice is the major traded goods between the two countries.
On the latest agreements and MoUs between Iran and India, Didehvar said that health ministries of the two countries have reached agreements on medicines and they are to implement them. He added that there are some agreements in the field of energy and the government is trying to reduce the levied tariff by India for Iranians, reiterating some of the agreements are being implemented or they are under study.
On the imports of car from India, he said this is not true because India is too weak in exporting cars, and cars in India are manufactured based on the country’s climate condition especially fuel and metal used in the cars, adding that ultimately Indians may be able to export some parts. He reiterated that in Iran’s car market, the Chinese have been successful and they are working hard to export their products which Iran’s market needs.
On the problem of human capital flight and brain wash, he said that some of the top educates of Iran’s top industry have left the county and some have remained for serving their military services, reiterating that this problem affects all fields of studies like medical or engineering fields.
