TEHRAN, Feb 16 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran plans to increase exports from its free trade zones to two billion U.S. dollars by Mar, next year, a senior Iranian economic official said, yesterday.
Secretary of Iran’s Free Zones High Council, Reza Masrour, made the remarks at a press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran, while elaborating on the plans drawn up by the government and council, to boost exports from the county’s free zones in the next Iranian calendar year, which will start on Mar 21, this year.
He put the value of exports from the Iranian free zones during the past 10 months at nearly one billion dollars, noting that, this came as overseas sales from the country’s special economic zones reached 10 billion dollars in the same period.
To further boost exports, the government has introduced new incentives for production units in free zones, and is working on establishing export management companies in these areas, he said.
Foreign investments stood at 125 and 131 million euros (about 131 and 137 million dollars) in the country’s free zones and special economic zones, respectively, during the past 10 months, said Masrour, emphasising that, regulatory reforms and new investment incentives are being prioritised to attract more foreign capital in the next Iranian calendar year.– NNN-IRNA
