Iran to Dispatch 10 Commercial Attachés to Major Export Destinations
IRAN NEWS ECONOMIC DESK
TEHRAN – Deputy Head of Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) says the organization plans to dispatch at least 10 commercial attachés to 10 major export destinations of the country in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 20).
Masoud Kamali Ardakani mentioned Russia, Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, Oman, China, India, Afghanistan, and Armenia as the major export markets for dispatching the new commercial attachés.
He said financial resources and budget problem are the major reasons for the decrease in the number of commercial attaches of Iran across the world, adding that some experienced former commercial attaches of Iran are now deployed in the TPO who have good experience and knowledge about identifying the market and offering consultants to economic activists.
He said although physical presences of commercial attaches in the target countries are very effective but they can help economic activists very much even in Tehran.
Ardakani added that in the year of Production Leap, commercial attaches can act as watchdogs of national economy and termed them as the most important tools for introducing Iran’s export products to the international markets or identifying the needs of exports destinations for Iranian goods.
He added that production and industrial unit in the country has revived in the past two years and after the outbreak of the Coronavirus, some intact potentials have revived.
He noted that providing domestic needs and providing exports needs especially for neighboring countries are necessary in the year of Production leap, adding that the country will boost its share of exports to neighboring states and the role of commercial attache is very crucial at this stage.
Re-imposition of the U.S. sanctions on the Iranian economy has led the Islamic Republic to reduce its dependence on oil revenues and elevate its other sources of income instead; while increasing non-oil exports has come as the most significant approach in this regard.
To expand non-oil exports during the sanctions time, Iranian economic and trade organizations have been defining some strategies and resolved to pursue them vigorously.
The major strategy is to focus on the neighboring countries and the trade partners in the region, and it is, in fact, one of the top priorities of the government for defying the U.S. sanctions.
Opening trade centers in those countries and dispatching more commercial attachés there is an important measure to materialize this objective.
