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‘Comprehensive plans underway to develop non-oil exports’

mahla — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 10:12:38 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) has said major plans are underway for developing the country’s non-oil exports, IRNA reported.

“We are trying to boost our non-oil exports by improving the logistics sector and preferential tariffs, and also by reforming laws, regulations, and structures in the trade advisory sector,” Alireza Peyman Pak said on Saturday.

According to the plans, priorities have been set for the export target markets to increase the country’s exports by $35 billion over the next four years, he said.

The official noted that in countries such as Venezuela, with which Iran has close financial ties, a mechanism has been defined for barter trade of priority goods, including home appliances.

“Considering the fact that most of the countries are promoting domestic production in recent years, we are also considering the exports of parts and even joint production of some products in the coming years,” Peyman Pak added.

To support non-oil exports during the sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, the Iranian government has defined some new strategies and has been pursuing 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.

Back in April, Iran’s Supreme Council of Non-oil Exports Promotion approved new regulations for facilitating the country’s non-oil trade, especially with the neighboring countries, in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).

Earlier that month, former TPO Head Hamid Zadboum had announced the allocation of eight trillion rials (about $190.5 million) for supporting non-oil export activities in the current Iranian calendar year.

Mentioning the current year’s motto which is “Production: Support and the Elimination of Obstacles”, the official underlined planning for the development and expansion of non-oil exports as well as the promotion of export culture as the TPO’s main priority in the current year.

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Badab-e Surt, seven colors springs

reporter 1222 — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 07:30:41 +0000

The beautiful springs of Badab-e Surt, also known as color springs, attracts a lot of tourists to this place every year. It is located 95 kilometers south of Sari city, Capital of Mazandaran province and 7 kilometers west of Orost village. It sits at 1,840 meters above sea level and is the culmination of thousands of years of limestone deposited by water flowing from two mineral hot springs during Pleistocene and Pliocene geological periods.

Badab-e Surt includes two springs with different natural characteristics in terms of color, smell, taste and volume of the water. The first spring has very salty water that gathers in a small natural pool; its water is useful for medicinal properties, especially as a cure for rheumatism and some types of skin diseases, migraine and foot pain. It is appropriate at summer and also, will not freeze in winter due to its salt.

The second spring located in the northwest of the first spring has a sour taste and is mostly orange and red mainly due to the large iron oxide sediments at its outlet. In one part of a floor of the pond, there is a deep hole is called the Bermuda Erost. The depth of this hole is estimated 98 meters.

Badab-e Surt was recorded as the second Iran’s natural heritage list in 2008. It is the second largest salt spring of the world after Turkey’s Pamukkale. It is one of the most important programs of Iranian authorities to register it on UNESCO World Heritage List as a unique natural place.

There are only six somewhat similar spring like Badab-e Surt in the world; Pamukkale in Turkey, Bagni San Filippo in Italy, Agoura El Hierro in Mexico, White-Water Terraces (Baishuitai) in China, yellow stones in the US and The Pink Terraces(Otukapuarangi) in New Zealand.

The place gets its name from a combination of the Persian words for “gassed water” and the old name of the nearest village, which means “intensity.”

The best time to visit Badab-e-Surt is April and May, Although it is beautiful in all seasons. The most breathtaking scenes and wonderful view of light reflection on the ponds are during sunset or sunrise. When the lights shine the traces, it makes the ponds glow with red, orange, brown and yellow.

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Mazandaran exports observe 12% growth in 9 months

reporter 1222 — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 09:45:14 +0000

Some 538,600 tons of non-oil commodities worth $339 million were exported from the northern province of Mazandaran during the nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21- Dec. 21), a senior official at the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration said.

According to Hassan Kheyrian, a coordinator at Mazandaran’s Customs Department, the figure indicates a 5% and 12% increase respectively in terms of tonnage and value in comparison with the corresponding period of last year.

Last year’s exports of non-oil goods from the province stood at 513,000 tons worth $303 million.

Agricultural products constitute the lion’s share of the exports from the green province. Reportedly, some 500 tons of orange are shipped from Mazandaran to the foreign markets every day.

Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, Persian Gulf countries, CIS countries and Turkey were the main export destinations during the nine-month period.

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Tea exports hike by 51% year-on-year

reporter 1222 — Sun, 23 Dec 2018 13:45:16 +0000

Iran has exported some 12,571 tons of tea worth $18 million since the beginning of the current fiscal year (started on March 21), a senior official said.

Habibollah Jahansaz, the head of Iran Tea Organization, added that the figure respectively indicates 51% and 40% growth in terms of tonnage and value compared with the corresponding period last year.

Referring to “the favorable position of Iranian tea” in the global markets, the official said the agricultural product is currently shipped to 34 European and Asian countries.

Iran also imports tea, mainly from India, Sri Lanka and Kenya.

According to Jahansaz, Iranians consume around 105,000 tons of tea per year, of which only 25,000 tons are supplied by domestic producers.

The official said Iranian farmers harvested a total of 25,633 tons of tea during the three harvest seasons of the current year.

Tea is harvested three times a year; first starts in late April, the second harvest season comes in early June and the last one is in autumn and starts late September.

There are over 25,000 hectares of tea farms in the country, all of which are located in the northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran.

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Bimeh Razi claimed FS World Wrestling Clubs Cup title

reporter 1222 — Sat, 15 Dec 2018 07:15:04 +0000

The Iranian team of Bimeh Razi clinched the title of freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup 2018, held in Babol, northern Iran.

The fifth edition of freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup kicked off on December 13 in the city of Babol, Mazandaran province. The two-day event was conducted under UWW world cup regulations in 10 senior weight categories of 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92-97-125 kg.

Bimeh Razi, which was crowned at the 2014 and 2015 editions of the event, defeated Turkey’s representative 10-0 in the final contest. It should be noted that the Turkish team was participating with 7 wrestlers in the event.

In the bronze contest, Pas Setaregan Sari gained a 9-1 victory over Georgia’s representative. Teams from Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, India, and Hungary ranked next.

The United States’ Titan Mercury Wrestling Club, which was always a finalist in all previous four editions, didn’t come to Iran for the games. According to reports, the team is after hosting the 2019 edition in the United States.

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