Examining the requirements for achieving the 30 billion dollar trade between Iran and Turkey
According to the report of Fars report’s economic reporter, Farzad Pilton Today, in the “Commercial Diplomacy Review and Pathology Conference” solutions Development of trade relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey” stated: Turkey is considered as one of the important neighboring countries, in the Trade Development Organization of Iran, especially with the emphasis of the 13th government to develop cooperation with regional and neighboring countries, to develop trade relations with each of these countries. We have designed a 4-year program based on this, so that this program can be implemented with the help of activists from various private and economic sectors.
The Director General of the West Asian Office of the Trade Development Organization of Iran stated: Turkey, if it is the most important country in our neighborhood, should not be contracted in the first to third tier because a comprehensive cooperation document with Turkey is on the agenda, and this document is not with all neighboring countries, and therefore from this The direction of Turkey is different from other countries for us.
He added: secondly, a target has been set for the development of trade of 30 billion dollars between Iran and Turkey, while this capacity may not exist in relation to other neighbors, and the only country with this trade capacity is predicted to be the country It is Iraq, and for trade between Iran and Iraq, a goal of 20 billion dollars has been set.
Pilton He said: The third point about Turkey is the trade balance, while there is no trade balance with a country like Iraq. The balance has good advantages and creates trade solidarity and makes policymaking on both sides easily possible.
He added: When Balance If there is no trade between countries, many actions, including the conclusion of a preferential contract, will not be possible.
* Requirements to achieve the 30 billion dollar trade between Iran and Turkey
In the continuation of this conference, Mohammad Hassan Habibullahzadeh, Director General of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: Usually, neighbors are always considered the most important area of foreign policy of any country, but the 13th government has officially made neighborly relations the first policy in the field of foreign policy. Previously, the discussion of neighbors has been important for us in different ways, but the idea of the 13th government regarding the neighborhood policy has placed a double duty on the diplomacy apparatus.
He stated: Turkey is perhaps the most important country among Iran’s 15 neighboring countries, and I have various reasons for this. There are many components that have determined the work in relation to the neighborhood policy that has been addressed in the new government, one of which is the cultural and religious commonalities of Iran and Turkey, and along with that, civilizational connections are also mutual capital for Iran and Turkey. Are.
The director general of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: The second component is the 560 km common border and three border crossings between the two countries of Iran and Turkey. Therefore, there have been many trips between the two countries in the past year, and the peak of these trips was the visit of the President of Turkey to Iran and the holding of the Cooperation Council between the two countries.
Habibullahzadeh said: The fourth component that is important for us in the neighborhood policy between Iran and Turkey is the extensive diplomatic conditions in Turkey. Iran has three consulates and one embassy in this country, which are located in different geographical areas in such a way that the entire country of Turkey is covered. cover and therefore businessmen can use our diplomatic network in Turkey and we even think we can add another consulate in this country and even the issue is under investigation and in addition to the banking networks that one of Iran’s banks has three branches in It has Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, and therefore it helps our diplomatic work.
He stated: The presence of a large number of Iranians and Iranian students in Turkey is also important for us.
The director general of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: The fifth important component in relation to our diplomacy with Turkey is the production of legal infrastructures for commercial work, so these infrastructures have been provided and there are several parent documents with Turkey, such as customs agreements, rail transport And recently, an important document was signed during Erdogan’s visit to Iran with the title “Comprehensive Document of Iran’s Cooperation with Turkey”, based on this document, a horizon of 10 to 20 years is considered and all the fields of work of the institutions with Turkey are listed and stated in this document. .
Habibullahzadeh stated: Therefore, based on this mother document, it can be done in various fields such as energy, commerce, oil, water, environment and petrochemicals, and in general, wherever it is thought that a document is needed, it can be based on this mother document. He prepared and updated the document if it already exists, and therefore this platform is also on the way Erdogan It was created in Iran.
Referring to the development of trade between Iran and Turkey, he said: The volume of trade between Iran and Turkey has increased by 70-85%.
The director general of Mediterranean and Eastern Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: between the presidents of Iran and Turkey on a trip Erdogan It was agreed with Iran that the volume of trade between the two countries will reach 30 billion, that achieving this requires requirements and we hope that the 4-year plan in such a wayMay it be the understanding that the presidents of the two countries had together Achievable to be
Habibullahzadeh stated: Exports to Turkey should be targeted and value-added goods should be exported to Turkey, and the export of raw materials should be reduced. Of course, the trade balance with Turkey is in favor of Iran, but in order to continue this trend, less raw materials should be sold, while imports should be reduced. Turkey should also be targeted.
He added: Due to its proximity to Europe, Turkey can be one of the most important sources of technology and goods that the country needs in the field of industry and technology. It must be The import from Turkey should be targeted in such a way that the import of technological products is done.
The director general of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: In order to reach the trade of 30 billion between the two countries, we need software and hardware. The duty of all those who do business with Turkey.
Regarding the gas export to Turkey, he said: the 25-year gas export contract to Turkey is actually a software, and the gas export and gas pipeline are also hardware, so we need such We are models.
Habibullah stated: We should act more professionally in various customs, investment and joint commission discussions.
* Export 5 billion Iran’s dollar to Turkey / Turkey imports 300 billion dollars of goods annually
In the continuation of this conference, Mehrdad Saadat Dehghan, the head of the joint chamber of Iran and Turkey, criticized the absence of Peyman Pak in this meeting and said: I wish the head of the trade development organization would care about Turkey as much as other countries and attend this meeting.
Saadat Dehghan said to the head of the Business Development Organization: “If you were present at this conference, we would have asked you about these issues. First of all, the task of preferential trade with Turkey has not been determined. Although the Turkish trade advisor was elected last year, he is still sent to this country. has not been
He stated: Customs has been complicated in such a way that 24 agencies make decisions for customs. This is while we are talking about a country that has exported 250 billion dollars and imported 300 billion dollars until today and in 2022, but our share of these 300 billion dollars of imports was insignificant.
Saadat Dehghan stated that they say that our share of imports to Turkey has increased by 104%. He said: But how much has this growth been? In fact, we have reached 5 billion dollars from the export of 2.5 billion dollars to Turkey.
He stated: Therefore, out of 300 billion dollars of imports to Turkey, our share was 5 billion dollars, and if we subtract gas exports from this figure, we have really exported a small amount to Turkey.
The head of the Iran-Turkey joint chamber said: the communication road has not been built, while when we enter Turkey from Iran’s border, we see that this country has built a 5-lane road 10 years ago.
Addressing the Peyman Pak, he said: When you ordered the establishment of Iran’s commercial center in Turkey and this office was established, no opinion was received from the private sector, and therefore, no activity is carried out in this office now because the Turkish side interested With business is with the private sector, not the government.
Saadat Dehghan stated: Turkey does not accept the standard of some Iranian goods. These issues are real and until the day these issues are not resolved, we cannot have anything to say in the field of trade with Turkey.
He added: There is a good diplomatic network in Turkey, but it is not an economic network because there are no economic people in this network, while Turkey has 144 business centers in the world. Meanwhile, we are still waiting for Iran’s trade advisor to be sent to Turkey.
The head of the Iran-Turkey joint chamber stated: In order to develop trade with Turkey, the necessary infrastructure must be provided in the field of road and logistics. We don’t have trucks to export to Turkey, and we don’t have trucks that enter Iran from Turkey either MabeThethe difference Fuel is received.
He stated: We need a single customs. All over the world, exported goods are evaluated once, but in Iran, this is not the case and the goods are evaluated several times.
Saadat Dehghan stated: We have a shortage of goods at the Bazargan border, and the problem is the lack of laboratories.
The head of the joint chamber of Iran and Turkey said: With the current situation, we should not expect the development of exports to Turkey.
He stated: Turkey charges a 6.5% double tax on Iran’s export goods, and their argument is that Iranians cannot transfer money from banks outside Turkey to the banks of this country.
According to Fars report, this conference was supposed to be held with the presence of Alireza Peyman Pak, head of Iran Trade Development Organization, who did not attend this conference due to another meeting with the first vice president.
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