Concurrent with the Iran-Austria Joint Economic Commission meeting, the Iran-Austria Joint Chamber will dispatch a trade delegation to Austria for a four-day visit on October 17.

Former Head of Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Mohammad Reza Modoudi says most of countries like China, Taiwan, Thailand and other ones which are members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (or Shanghai Pact) and of major trade allies of the U.S. do not want to come under the U.S. pressures due to trade with Iran, adding that most countries have the same problem and even neighboring countries like Iraq under the U.S. pressure are not willing to trade with Iran.

New Azerbaijan Republic Ambassador to Iran upon his arrival and in the city of Ardabil met officials of Ardabil province and called for expansion of trade with Iran.

Head of International Affairs of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Mohammad Reza Karbasi in meeting with new and outgoing commercial attaches of Vietnam in Tehran criticized the considerable decline in the economic relation of the two countries and urged Vietnam to use alternative financial avenues in trade with Iran to boost it.

Spokesperson for Iran’s Customs Office says in the last month of Iranian calendar year Mordad (July 23-August20), over 8.452m tons of goods worth $5.378 have been traded between Iran and other countries and the country’s non-oil trade in the same period shows positive trade balance of 1.263b.

The Taliban rule in Afghanistan will not affect Iran and Pakistan trade, said a member of Iran and Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce said.

The value of non-oil trade between Iran and the members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) exceeded $1.6 billion in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – July 22) to register 93 percent growth compared to the previous year’s same period, IRNA reported.

The Chairman of the Iran-Armenia Joint Chamber of Commerce Hervik Yarjanian says he believes the trade volume between Iran and Armenia will hit a new record this year which will have a meaningful difference with the past figures.

Head of Arak Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture Mr. Naser Beiki in meeting with Ambassador of Indonesia to Tehran Mr. Ronny P. Yuliantoro said exchange of high quality goods between Iran and Indonesia will help the trade relation between the two countries to grow.

Chairman of Iran-Switzerland Joint Chamber of Commerce Sharif Nezam-Mafi says the trade exchange between Iran and Switzerland has soared in the last month, adding that the current problem regarding the imports of medicines from Switzerland is the shortage of forex.