Qatar has joined the ranks of Iranian carpet importers

Qatar has joined the ranks of Iranian carpet importers

The Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade said: Qatar has recently joined the group of importers of Iranian handmade carpets.

According to ISNA, Hamid Safdel, on the sidelines of visiting the 22nd International Exhibition of Handmade Carpets at the Tehran International Exhibition, said: Fortunately, handmade carpets in the country are supported by the Ministry of Mines and Trade and according to the plans, special programs to support this product. We have production.

He referred to the statistics of previous years of handmade carpet exports and added: in 2006 we had 405 million dollars, in 2007 nearly 398 million dollars, in 1987 to 422 million dollars and in 2009 we had about 493 million dollars in handmade carpet exports.

According to him, in 1389 to 1391, respectively, 425 to 593 million dollars of handmade carpets were exported from the country.

Safdel continued: Since the second half of 1390, Western countries’ sanctions against Iran have intensified, which has slowed down the export of hand-woven carpets, but Iran still maintains its leading position in the field of production and has the largest share of global hand-woven carpet markets. Has authority.

He added: Iranian handmade carpets have an important position in markets such as Germany, USA, UAE, Italy and Japan, and recently Qatar has been added to the list of important buyers of Iranian handmade carpets.

In response to the question, which countries are the competitors of the country’s handmade carpet production? He added: Iran has no competitor in the production of handmade carpets and Iranian carpets are not comparable to the production of any country, but some countries in the region, including Afghanistan, China, Turkey and other countries tried to be serious competitors for Iran, but buyers of handmade carpets They are still looking for Iranian carpets all over the world.