Akbarpour, head of the Central Asia, Caucasus and Russia Office of the Trade Development Organization, said: The preferential trade agreement between Iran and Eurasia has had a positive effect on increase in trade, so that in the first 6 months of this year, There was a growth in trade of 18% compared to 28% last year. We had these 5 countries.
Referring to the signing of the free trade agreement by the end of the new year, he said: This positive trend may indicate that we can achieve good results by signing the free trade agreement.
Under preferential trade, customs duties on around 400 products have been gradually reduced, and now, with the signing of this agreement, around 80% of customs duties have been gradually reduced and are moving towards zero.
Akbarpour said about clearing with countries: Considering the current situation in the country, the issue of clearing has become more important.
During the recent visit of the Minister of Peace to Belarus, a new agreement was concluded for Clearing, which will initially start its activity with goods related to the petrochemical sector.