Domestic production units have the ability to produce printing and writing papers required by the country
The director general of the textile, clothing and cellulose office of the Ministry of Silence, stating that domestic production units have the ability to produce printing and writing papers required by the country and should be supported, said: We have three production units in the country that can produce printing and writing papers required in They have a country level.
According to Shata, Afsaneh Mehrabi, appearing in a special news talk show on Channel 2, referred to the plans of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade to use unused capacities in the field of paper, and said: “Currently, three production units There is paper in the country and these units have the capacity to produce paper in the whole country.
He added: “To use this capacity, the Ministry of Silence has developed several plans, however, with the current problems that currently exist in this area, a difficult path is facing the producers.”
Mehrabi further said that the most important problems facing the country’s paper producers are strict rules and regulations for importing raw materials, minimum import duty for importing paper, 4200 Tomans currency and 9% exemption of value added for paper import and said: “Unfortunately, in addition to these problems The multiplicity of decision centers for the import and production of paper has made it difficult to achieve a single and comprehensive goal, which is ultimately a disadvantage for the producer.
Mehrabi pointed to the Mazandaran wood and paper production unit and said: “This unit is one of the prominent units in the country, which in addition to having the capacity to produce newspaper newspapers in the whole country, also has the capacity to produce 44,000 tons of printing and education paper.” It is said that last year there were problems for this production unit and the problems were solved with the follow-ups, and this unit is now fully ready for production.
In response to a question about why raw materials are not supplied through imports? He said: “With the strict quarantine rules that exist by the Plant Protection Organization and also considering that wood is effective in many industries and is considered as the main raw material, we expect the Plant Protection Organization to help in this matter.” Slowly
The director general of the textile, clothing and cellulose office of the Ministry of Silence, stating that the Plant Protection Organization has announced that there must be a quarantine station and disinfection, said: “Currently, if we want to import wood from southern ports and quarantine there Because most of the cellulose units are located in the north of the country; The issue of shipping costs prevents this from being justified; Therefore, these things must be done in the northern provinces; That is, three provinces of Mazandaran, Golestan and Gilan were applicants, and even in the special economic zone of Mazandaran province, there was an investor for the quarantine position, but according to the existing rules, even in the port of Amirabad, it was not agreed and finally led to Gomishan port, this station should be created and its affairs should be handed over to Golestan governor; It has been about a year and a half now and we expect operational work to be done as soon as possible.
In the end, Mehrabi stated that the printing and writing paper was in the list of foreign currency items of 4200 Tomans until the second month of 1998, and said: from this date onwards, only a certain amount for the Ministry of Guidance, Printing and Publishing is about 80 million dollars and about 45 million. Dollars were also considered for education and it was decided to import paper only for these two collections with a currency of 4200 Tomans.