Iranian handmade carpets are exported to 70 countries
Dastpak said: The ceremony of honoring the women of the carpet land to honor the exemplary women entrepreneurs of the handmade carpet field will be held on September 27, 2019 and within the framework of the International Carpet Exhibition. Startups came to the carpet field last year and on September 26 Dasbaf carpet will be held as a specialized carpet startup. In coordination with the specialized commissions of the parliament, we were able to triple the budget of carpet weavers’ insurance and allocate 18 thousand and 888 billion rials for this issue. This figure was about 7,700 billion rials last year.
He said: “About 80% of handmade carpet products are exported and we are working on identifying and branding handmade carpets.” We export to about 70 countries, with the largest amount being exported to the United States and then to Germany.