Mirhadi Sidi, Advisor for International Affairs and Trade Agreements of the Iranian Trade Development Organization, said: We also hope that these two events will reinforce each other, and probably after the Eurasia Special Exhibition and before the end of this year, the Iran-Eurasian Free Trade Agreement will be signed.
Stating that the signing of this agreement will be very effective in increasing trade between the five Eurasian countries and Iran, Sidi said: The four-year experience in implementing the preferential trade agreement between Iran and Eurasia has been very positive.
Iran-Eurasia trade volume reaches $5 billion
He continued: Before the implementation of this Iran-Eurasia agreement, the volume of trade between Iran and Eurasia was 2.5 billion dollars, and now it has reached 5 billion dollars, and not only trade has increased, but so has the composition of merchandise trade. The traditional way of doing business has changed significantly over the decades and the share of industrial goods has more than doubled.
The Advisor for International Affairs and Trade Agreements of the Iranian Trade Development Organization said: "It is certain that the implementation of the free trade agreement, which will reduce customs duties on 87 percent of goods, will lead to an increase in trade, and this message must be spread. transmitted to Iranian traders and member countries of Eurasia, and trade was established under the shadow of facilities." to increase with this agreement.
According to the announcement of the Iranian Trade Development Organization, he added: In the case of trade in services, in the agreement, only coordinations were made for the development of trade, and after the implementation of agreement, agreements will be concluded to facilitate trade in this sector.