What do experts say to improve the business environment in Ardabil?
According to IRNA, in the summer of this year, Ardabil, Kerman and Kermanshah provinces had the worst business environment, respectively. This fall, Ardabil province has the worst business environment among the 9 provinces in the category of provinces. Meanwhile, the central provinces of West Azerbaijan and Fars had the best business environment compared to other provinces, respectively.
Unpredictability and changes in the prices of raw materials and products, instability of policies, rules and regulations and executive procedures governing business, difficulty in financing from banks, obstacles in administrative processes and obtaining business licenses in the executive apparatus and abuse of power. And office position in the executive apparatus are among the factors that lead to unsuitable business environment.
Existence of several parallel institutions and decision-making centers in the province, difficulty and slowness of economic processes, distance from the center of the country and the outskirts of the province, lack of experience, knowledge and management skills required in organizations in charge of investment, weather and environmental conditions. Lack of parent and upstream industries, lack of basic facilities for investment, lack of skilled labor, strict interpretations of laws compared to other provinces, tariff barriers to export of provincial products and barriers to import of raw materials, including barriers to business in the province It is Ardabil.
The business licensing scheme facilitates the processes
Economic experts believe that one of the dimensions of investment barriers in Ardabil province is the instability of the investment environment, which has caused investors to avoid investing in various sectors. In order to create an investment platform with the aim of creating a business environment, financial and institutional problems of the business environment, internal problems of the industry and problems related to instability in raw material prices, investment insecurity, weak distribution system and product marketing problems, instability The exchange rate eliminated the instability of production and investment laws and regulations.
Mohammad Hassanzadeh, professor of economics at Ardabil University, said: “Iran ranks 178th out of 190 facilitators in improving the business environment.” Meanwhile, Ardabil province has a slow movement in improving the business environment.
He referred to the plan to facilitate licensing in parliamentary businesses and said: “The approval of this plan will not only facilitate the business process, but also provide an opportunity to strengthen the economic system, especially production and employment in a desirable and appropriate way.”
Many of the licenses issued are undecided
The expert on economic issues said that the main demand of investors is transparency in the issuance of licenses, as well as facilitation of the rules and regulations for the issuance of legal licenses in this area, and continued: Although more than 2,000 business licenses have been issued in the country, A large number of these licenses are undecided and disordered, which is emphasized in the legal article of Article 44 on the organization of these licenses.
Hassanzadeh said: “We hope that the parliament, by approving the plan to facilitate the issuance of business licenses in the form of registration-based and certification-based, can help this process and pave the way in this field more than before and to remove the monopoly of the business market. بزند.
He added: “In the framework of this plan, not only judicial services have been developed and in general they can help their employment and professional capacity by taking charge of various cases, but in fact transparency in payment of facilities, facilitation of business environment and issuance of licenses as well as executive guarantee in this The part is literally realized.
Professor of Economics of Ardabil Universities, stating that Iran is ranked 127th among 190 countries in improving the business environment, said: In monitoring the business environment, which is done seasonally by the Chamber of Commerce, based on 28 components Survey and 44 statistical components of Ardabil province are in the last place among 31 provinces of the country.
The expert on economic issues reminded: in the monitoring of the business environment by the Chamber of Commerce, the effective factors in these unfavorable conditions are fully and transparently expressed, such as inappropriate tax audits, lack of transparency of statistics in economic activities, He stated the weakness of the transportation infrastructure and the weakness of the distribution system in the field of product sales.
Hassanzadeh added: in 5 indicators of business environment, Ardabil province is facing the most challenges and concerns, including redundant administrative bureaucracy, lack of transparency of laws, instability in economic and industrial planning, the existence of parallel centers and instability in laws and regulations. These factors are considered.
The head of the business environment of Ardabil Chamber of Commerce added: in some provinces, a special court has been set up to solve the judicial problems of production and industrial units, and tax installments have been considered to support production.
According to this expert on economic issues, there are 242 inactive and stagnant units in Ardabil province, of which 132 units are located in industrial towns and 110 units are located outside industrial towns to improve the business environment in towns and industrial areas. Activation of these units is necessary by providing the necessary solutions.
Disruptive business environment laws must be identified
The head of Ardabil Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture also stated that the announced rank of Ardabil in the field of business environment is not appropriate for this province, adding: to facilitate and improve the business environment, it is necessary to identify harmful laws to the business environment in The province should be organized because the ranking of the business environment in this province is very low.
Hossein Pir Moazen stated: The low ranking of the business environment shows the result of the performance of the managers of the relevant departments, the improvement and improvement of which requires facilitation in production and investment.
The head of Ardabil Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture added: The private sector in Ardabil province with problems in the business environment, obtaining results in terms of inquiries, non-response of organizations in a timely manner, problems related to social security, non-oil exports and issues related to the organization Tax affairs are facing, which has caused the province to fall in the country.
Referring to the increase in investment in the Namin Special Economic Zone, he added: “The infrastructure of this region has not been created after several years of formation, and the investor will not be willing to invest until the infrastructure of the Special Economic Zone is provided.”
Pir Moazen added: to invest in this region, the necessary incentives should be applied to investors, while in addition to these incentives, the required land should be provided to private investors for free.
The construction of a railway dock will take Ardabil out of the impasse
The head of Ardabil Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture also stressed that the development of railways is one of the ways to increase exports and economic growth in the region, said: Provide the development of Ardabil province more than before.
Pirmozan added: the construction of the railway dock was requested by traders and merchants, the realization of which in fact takes the province out of the impasse and leads to increased investment and improvement of the business environment in the province.
He said: “One of the ways to develop exports and economic growth of the province is to pay special attention to export-oriented products and basic measures in this area should be taken by creating conversion industries equipped with new technologies to improve competitiveness in the global market.”
Ishaq Rasouli, a professor at Ardabil University and an activist in the field of economics, also spoke about the reasons for Ardabil’s low position in the field of business environment: Several factors worked together to make Ardabil province have an unsuitable position in improving the business environment.
According to this expert, economic issues in the evaluation of the Chamber of Commerce in the fall of 1400 Ardabil are among the last 9 provinces of the country in poor business environment, while the central provinces, West Azerbaijan and Fars have provided the best business environment.
He continued: “We hope to see an improvement in the business environment in the province by solving the problems and shortcomings expressed by industry activists, including the removal of restrictions on international treaties, as well as the issue of eliminating 4,200 tomans in real pricing.” , The electronic process of issuing licenses, as well as reducing the price of energy carriers and reforming the banking system.
The banking system tends to generate wealth instead of consulting
The professor of Ardabil University stated: “Unfortunately, the banking system, instead of operating networks and consulting, is more inclined to generate wealth, which has created more worries and concerns.”
Rasouli stated the structural problem of the labor law with the idea of job security instead of supporting workers’ employment and said: it is expected that a suitable solution is taken to return 242 inactive units in Ardabil province to the effective production cycle.
What does the senior provincial official say about improving the business environment?
Favorable business environment is considered as one of the main factors affecting economic growth and production of goods and services. Business environment in the form of various areas such as deregulation and quality of regulation, increasing competitiveness, guaranteeing property rights, ensuring security Investment, e-government and the creation of a single window, the fight against corruption and increasing transparency, the process of passing and drafting and revising economic laws are among the main demands of investors, traders and businessmen from provincial officials.
Seyed Hamed Ameli, the governor of Ardabil, said: “The main concern for producers, exporters and provincial officials is whether Ardabil province is on the path of growth and development or not. If it is on the path of progress and development, something should be done to strengthen this path.” Or if we are not on the path of growth and development, we will look for a solution to pave the way for progress and development.
He added: to create wealth, four components for agriculture, four components for industry and four components for tourism have been defined to organize the business environment in the province by implementing these components.
The governor of Ardabil, stating that the prosperity of the business environment in the province is possible with the investment of the private sector, added: In addition to the defined components to improve the business environment of the province, committees are formed to identify existing barriers and plan to eliminate them.
Ameli emphasized: All executive bodies of the province are obliged to support private sector investments to boost production and employment, and if these supports are not provided, the production and industry sectors will suffer.
He said: “Laws that are detrimental to production must be reviewed and implemented accurately and fairly, and the judiciary has a main task in this regard, which is to achieve justice and strict implementation of the law.”
The governor of Ardabil said: any development and strengthening of investment and job creation in various sectors of tourism, agriculture, industry and services in this province requires cross-sectoral cooperation and cooperation of banks operating in timely payment of bank facilities approved by the employment working group or facilitation headquarters.
Report: Yaqub Shaddel