Privatization of handicrafts is not possible
Privatization of handicrafts is not possible, the CEO of the Iranian Handicrafts Organization, who had traveled to Gilan province with a delegation, said in a meeting with provincial officials: The consumption of handicrafts in the domestic market is less than 10% of total production and this 10% for the market is more than 60 Millions of countries are small.
Engineer Tahernejad added: Unfortunately, handicrafts have not been advertised among the people and it is considered as a luxury item.
The reason for this is that handicrafts have not been able to adapt to the needs of society. Comparing Iranian handicrafts with countries such as India and China, he said: The reason why Chinese handicrafts and carpets have taken us out of the competition are the production of their workshops and modern equipment.
Taherzadeh added: Even now, Iranian carpet commercial networks sell Indian and Chinese carpets abroad.
He also added: Handicrafts have had a very worrying decline from 1373 to 1380, while the number of employees in this sector has increased, so that currently 2.2 million people in the country are employed in handicrafts. Referring to the government’s plan to privatize handicrafts, Engineer Tahernejad said: How is it possible for handicrafts to be privatized, this is not possible and the group of brokers in this field will be opened.
He added: Countries whose economies are 100% free and private, their handicrafts are state-owned. For example, in the United States, where $ 14 billion worth of handicrafts are produced, only 126,000 people work in this sector, while in Iran, with 2.2 million people, we were able to export $ 550 million last year.
From the plans and policies of that organization in the future to concentrate all policy-making and planning affairs of the organization to the trading company, organizing all handicraftsmen in the form of non-governmental organizations, providing educational services, developing the handicrafts market in the country, creating a comprehensive database of handicrafts 40% of exports were mentioned by the end of the program.