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TEHRAN – Head of Bandar Abbas Chamber of Commerce Mohammad Reza Safa in meeting with the head of Kazakhstan Consulate Mr. Dauletali Nysan called for using bilateral capacities for boosting bilateral interactions and called the outlook of economic relations between Iran and Kazakhstan positive and promising.

In the meeting, Mr. Safa talked about the rise in the trade relations of Hormuzgan Province with Kazakhstan due to interactions and talks.

He said the world is familiar with capacities of Hormuzgan Province in terms of its trade and tourism capacities and developing countries have focused on this rich province.

He said the province has high capacities in terms of trade and Bandar Abbas Chamber tries to both invest foreign investors and to pave the ground for presence of traders from the target countries.

He reiterated that one should not forget this point that trade with the world without considering the international agreements, banking relations and even in the post-sanctions era will be difficult for Iranian traders.

Safa noted that restoring trade relation between Hormuzgan Province and Port of Aktau of Kazakhstan is the main goal of the province and the first step has been taken for it.

He also called for holding a webinar between chambers of commerce of Bandar Abbas and Aktau for creating the relation between traders of Hormuzgan and Aktau, adding that the trade gets boom when both sides are aware of the needs of  their countries in order to restore bilateral relations.

Safa concluded that in terms of culture, Iran and Kazakhstan have great commonalities and undoubtedly, expansion of trade ties will be to the benefit of traders of Hormuzgan.

Then Mr. Nysan, for his part, said that by launching consulate for six southern provinces of Iran, this opportunity has been provided for these provinces to expand their trade with Kazakhstan.

He said Hormuzgan Province with its potential capacities in marine, mining, agricultural and other sectors is of great importance for Kazakhstan.

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TEHRAN – Director of Ports and Maritime Office of Bandar Lengeh in Hormuzgan Province Mr. Ghasem Askari Nasab says over 6m tons of different types of goods have been loaded or unloaded and some 25,000 passengers have been transited in the western ports of Hormuzgan Province.

Askari Nasab said in 11 months in the current year, some 2.6m tons of goods have been loaded and unloaded at Bandal Lengeh and related ports. He said 1.84m tons account for non-oil goods which show 6% growth and some 4.8m tons belong to oil products.

He also pointed to exports of 747,000 tons of non-oil goods from western ports of Hormuzgan Province, adding that Bandar Lengeh’s share from exports of agro products and livestock was 239,835 tons.

Askari Nasab further said in 11 months, the volume of non-oil goods transit was 254,350 tons of which 123,217 tons belong to the transited vehicles in the western ports of the province.

He noted that the volume of exported oil products from western ports was around 2.7m tons.

He added that in the mentioned period, 11,987 vessels commuted in the western ports, of which 907 vessels with capacity of over 1000 tons anchored in the ports which show 16 percent growth comparing to the same period last year.

Askari Nasab said that before the outbreak of Coronavirus, the number of passengers and tourists was upward and posted 19 percent growth. He reiterated since the beginning of the year, over 517,000 passengers our tourists have been transported in the western ports of Bandar Lengeh, Aftab and Charak which were transited to Kish, Abu Mussa and other Persian Gulf islands and the figure shows 17 percent growth.

He stated Bandar Lengeh by transporting over 37,000 local passengers registered 38 percent growth. He concluded that in the transportation and transit of passengers for international destinations, Bandar Lengeh set the record of over 26,000 passengers which indicates 12 percent growth.

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