Setting 160 investment opportunities in free zones with economic indicators
According to the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency, Saeed Mohammad stated today in the 21st meeting of the Board of Representatives of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce: , We realize that there are many shortcomings in this field in our country.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Trade, Industrial and Special Economic Zones of the country stated: We have prepared 160 investment opportunities in free zones with economic indicators and placed them on the website of the Secretariat.
Emphasizing the real description of free zones without any love and some, he said: “Usually, due to a series of considerations, the main issues are not opened, and therefore, if good problems are not counted, we will not naturally achieve good results.”
Mohammad added: “There are about 5,400 active and special economic zones in the world and they are growing exponentially in the world.” There are also successful experiences in the world, and today the world’s largest economy, China, accounts for 75% of its trade areas It is free and special economic and other countries in the region such as the UAE and Turkey and some other motor countries The drivers Their country’s economy is free zones, and we have successful experiences and good role models in this field.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones stated: 7 generations of free zones in the world have been experienced, the first generation after World War II as free trade zones and this was formed in Europe and then expanded to other countries and the second generation generation of production The third generation was service-oriented, the fourth generation was knowledge-based free zones, the fifth generation was comprehensive free zones with all the previous generations, the sixth generation was cross-border free zones, and today the seventh generation is China. It is the digital free zones that are rapidly taking shape, and we are moving away from them day by day.
He added: “Today we are in the first generation of free zones and even in the production and services sector we are deficient and in most cases we may have gained a small interest, but in general, these tools are not used much.
Mohammad stated: There are 8 active free zones in our country, including Qeshm, Kish, Arvand, Chabahar, Aras, Mako, Anzali and Hazrat Imam Airport.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones stated: 7 new zones were approved and announced at the beginning of this year, including the Zabul Free Zone. What? Brun, Ardabil, Baneh and Marivan, Qasr Shirin, Mehran and Bushehr.
He added: “Besides these, 79 special economic zones have been approved so far, of which 32 special economic zones are active and special zones need organization.” Responsible Has a number at the disposal of the Ministry صمتOil and urban development, and even the Ministry of Telecommunications, which is run by two or three privately owned companies, and the events in those areas that are run by the private sector are successful.Mostویژه Special economic zones
* 45% of trade is done in free and special economic zones
Mohammad said: “In total, about 45 of the country’s trade in exports in the free and special economic zones is being done, but this number also includes oil exports because many special economic zones in the country.” hub It is energy and it also exports oil.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones added: “This is while the percentage of production and investment in free zones is very low and free zones have not reached the required capacities and that these zones have not reached the required capacity yet, but seven new zones will be approved.” It is questionable that today there is a craze in the country and almost all provinces are requesting to become free zones and we have this request in all border provinces and today 74 border crossings are about 32 crossings inside the free zones of the country and every day This request is made to us and we are under a lot of pressure that different places become A.زاد Be.
He said: “Free zones are a place for prosperity of production, exports and trade, but the wrong view formed in the managers is that they think that free zones are for deprivation, and wherever the situation of the people is bad, they ask to become a region.” It should be released in order to prosper and improve the situation of the people, which is why there are active residential areas, which is a very wrong thing to do.
Mohammad added: the average free zones in the world is about 4 to 5 thousand hectares, but Mako free zone is about 400 thousand hectares and 25 times more than Kish Island, and this makes the area can not be fenced And problems Find with customs and other elements and we can practically not take advantage of the free zone.
The secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones said: Of course, these mistakes are still repeated and we do not learn from the past. Everyone says that the free zones have not reached their place, it is good to be pathological because they are pressuring us today to repeat the mistakes.
* Exports of $ 1 billion from free zones
“Our exports from the free zones have been about $ 1 billion over the past four or five years, and our imports from the free zones have been about $ 1.2 billion,” he said.
Mohammad said: “It is considered that free zones are the place of import and import platform, but this statement is wrong because free zones needed infrastructure and according to the law, the government must provide the infrastructure of free zones and the government does not have a quota of imports.” Has given $ 3 billion to the free zones and told them to split that figure among the free zones but have 15 percent of the region’s commercial profits to develop the region’s infrastructure, which is wrong, and if the government is going to help The free zones must receive those tolls and provide them to the free zones themselves.
The secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones said: “Today, the free zones are accused of being import platforms, because the legislator has approved to import in order to create resources to provide infrastructure.” So $ 3 billion in imports are in the main zones and not in the free zones, and that should not be taken into account in the free zones, but since the beginning of 1400 we have had about $ 1.2 billion in imports in the free zones, about 50% of which are raw materials. The producers were inside the free zones and some of them were passenger goods.
He said: “About $ 200 million has been the import of passenger goods since the beginning of this year, and therefore the free zones are not an import platform.
Criticizing that free zones are said to be places of import of smuggled goods, Mohammad said: “Based on Statistical According to the Central Headquarters for Combating Commodity and Currency Smuggling, seven percent of smuggling takes place in the free zones, and the free zones are very well monitored, controlled, and monitored, although one percent is high and should be kept to a minimum.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones stated: There are 2500 industrial units within the free zones, which are very good units in the small and medium industrial units and can also play a good role in employment.
“Exports to the free zones, especially from the northwest to Russia, are very good in the field of agricultural products, which has created both employment and foreign exchange earnings,” he said.
Mohammad added: “We are witnessing car production in the free zones and the free zones are becoming hub There is energy in Chabahar and Qeshm and we have created incentives for relocating projects, and these are the strengths of the free zones.
Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones اظهاHe said: “Our biggest problem is governance in the free zones. According to Article 65 of the Law on Permanent Development of the Free Zones, it is administered by the regional director and the regional director is in charge of all regional affairs except security and military issues, but this is not done.”
He added: “We do not have a problem with the law and we have a problem with the non-implementation of the law. This issue was stated in the presence of the president and he also ordered that Article 65 should be implemented and despite the follow-up, unfortunately Currently, 27 institutions are stationed at the border, and these 27 institutions are from different ministries such as صمتIs agricultural jihad, etc., and each has its duties, and the tasks are performed as an island, and eventually the exporter can not reach his goal, and finally says to gather and go to the surrounding countries; we see that there are dozens of decision makers in the free zones And it makes the producer tired.
Muhammad stated: If the contradictory laws and the creation of the hour are announced by the agencies in the free zones, which can be practically no longer free zones, I told my dear ones in the meetings of the officials that once we have to decide about the free zones of the system and not the government, or free zones. Whether we like it or not, we have to accept free zones with all the rules of the game and everyone supports them, or if we do not want to close it because duality does not work.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones, referring to the announcement of the law on value added on January 13, said: “According to that, free zones add value twice and the reason is ambiguity in the law, and this destroys economic activists and many economic activists are Stop production.
He said: “This is while the UAE gives 90% of land to Iranian producers free of charge and provides facilities, and when we see obstacles in the year, we stay in the generality of these decisions.”
Muhammad added: فجیره In the UAE more than $ 20 billion Banking Fuel has revenue and 80% of fuel oil is smuggled from Iran and generates such revenue there; While it has many more side benefits and this is while Qeshm is the best point for Banking And if we launch this issue in Qeshm, there will never be a float for Banking It does not go to the UAE and refueling is done in Qeshm over time, but why our bancrink does not work and whenever we want to operate in the free zones and we are treated in this way, I think it is questionable and never any country with a revenue of 20 billion Hands your annual dollars برنمیHolds and throws stones.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones added: “The law of the 13th of January has closed our hands and we are pursuing that this law will either be stopped or amended because this law does not say that the value added exemption has been removed but three conditions have been set for it.” No free zone has the three conditions mentioned.
He said: “If good governance is to be done with the tax of Satani, the way is not to bring these categories in value added.”
Mohammad said: “Give the exemptions to the downstream sphere of industry, oil and gas in order to get an exit from them for the benefit of the country, not to declare that it is not a place of residence or cases that are not possible.”
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones added: “We are pursuing to bring the free zones to their place and we have tried to explain the philosophy of the free zones.”
وی اظهاداشت had: in transit corridors first and end of The routes are all in free zones, and if the Chabahar-Zahedan railway starts, we will have a very high capacity in Russia, and 25 million tons of Russian trade planned for the next 5 years from the north-south corridor, and if this capacity is established, we will benefit greatly. .
Mohammad added: “We are pursuing the infrastructure. Kish does not have electricity right now, and considering that we have 22,000 vacant units, this problem is not felt much.” There is a water problem in Qeshm, and in many places we have problems with the Internet and traffic, and we do not have a route. Incidentally, the new free zones have nothing.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones said: “We have followed up on the issue of oil purification in the 1401 budget so that the 5.5 billion Euros that can be used can also be used by the free zones. A memorandum of understanding has been signed with them and we are following that path.
He added: the discussion of creating a bank آفشور It is also one of the most important issues in the free zones and it has been neglected, and this issue has been followed up and the opinion of the Central Bank has been obtained on it, because it was previously announced that the first $ 150 million should be brought by the founder. We have reduced the dollar and today we are pursuing to find competent shareholders and if this is achieved, due to the independence from the central bank, it will create a suitable environment for economic activists and Iranians abroad, and byLaunch This bank can also issue foreign currency guarantees.
Mohammad stated: the sale of foreign currency bonds to finance projects through the bank آفشور It can be followed and the next issue is the International Stock Exchange, of course Permits It has not been fully obtained, but it helps the mainland stock exchange in this matter, where the project fund can also be defined, and that path is also a way to provide foreign exchange resources.
The Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Zones stated: Capital Financing Company Permits Has received the necessary and the organization of digital currency and cryptocurrencies is also being pursued and we are following the common cross-border areas.
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