Iranian carpet exports $ 60 million to America
The head of the Handmade Carpet Union, while pointing to 80 million Chinese billionaires as a new potential for the Iranian handmade carpet market, announced the export of 50 to 60 million dollars of this product to the United States this year.
Sayed Mojtaba Araqchi said in a meeting today about the situation of production and market of Iranian handmade carpets: After Borjam and the lifting of sanctions, the export of handmade carpets flourished and one of the reasons was the removal of sanctions against this product by the then President Obama. Was. Accordingly, one of the reasons that forced the President to lift the sanctions on hand-woven carpets was the pressure that American consumers and buyers had to buy this original Iranian art, which was one of the initial sanctions, despite the fact that the carpet was banned. It had nothing to do with the nuclear case, the restrictions were lifted.
$ 60 million export to the United States
He added: Currently, due to inflation and high prices compared to competitors, Iranian handmade carpets are expensive and not comparable to Indian, Pakistani and Afghan competitors. Of course, about $ 350 million worth of handmade carpets have been exported this year, of which $ 50 million to $ 60 million went to the United States.
Chinese billionaires, the potential market for Iranian carpets
In response to a question about how prosperous Iranian hand-woven carpets are in China, the head of the hand-woven carpet union continued: China has accommodated a new class of billionaires due to its recent economic developments, according to which 80 million people can be The Chinese billionaire has the potential to buy Iranian handmade carpets, so China can become one of the major buyers of Iranian handmade carpets. In the case of commercial carpets, Iran’s competitors are now in the Chinese market, but in the case of art carpets, Iran is still the main supplier in the world’s markets, with which countries cannot compete. The Chinese market is slowly booming and could be Iran’s target export market.
Currently, the carpet is in recession due to inflation, and one of the reasons why buyers are not interested is that they don’t know the prices, while the owners of handmade carpets can deliver their old carpets, Araqchi said. Data and convert to new.
He said: 35 direct jobs are related to handmade carpets and now we have 2 million weavers that we must maintain with the prosperity of the employment market. Their daily wages are 15 to 20 thousand tomans, but handmade carpets are still produced compared to their competitors.