Mohammad Sadegh Qanadzadeh, deputy director of the Trade Development Organization, said: The Eurasia Expo will have a trade capacity of $30 billion between Iran and Eurasia.
He said: At present, Iran and Eurasia have reached an agreement on the text and list of goods to be traded freely, and soon in Russia, five countries and Iran will sign a free trade agreement. -exchange, and if approved by parliament, it will be implemented. next year. .
Qanadzadeh said: The Eurasian Economic Union is made up of 5 countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, and this union was established in 2015, which will provide good export capacity with a population of 183 million people.
According to him, the member countries of the Eurasian Union import $380 billion annually, which shows that there is plenty of capacity for Iran, and that customs duties on 87% of goods will be zero.
Qanadzadeh said: “Joining the Eurasian Union will help Iran access large markets and find a suitable competitive situation. So we are looking to provide infrastructure. »
Qanadzadeh said: Trade with these countries in the seven months of this year amounted to $913 million, so the list of 13% of goods subject to normal customs duties includes part of the automobile industries , textile and agricultural, which have the national production capacity in the country. country.
It should be noted that the second Eurasian exhibition will be held from today, from 13 to 16 Azar, in which large companies from the member countries of the Union will be present on 1,500 meters, and more than 1,000 meters were occupied by the Iranians. companies with the potential to cooperate with their members.
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