Qom handmade carpet industry has a world level
The twelfth exhibition of handmade carpets in Qom province started at the permanent location of the province’s international exhibitions.
The head of the Qom Handmade Carpet Union stated at the ceremony: The Qom Handmade Carpet Exhibition will be held in 140 booths until November 20, from 3 to 9 p.m.
Gholamreza Akhavan, stating that 10% of the country’s carpet exports are done in Qom, added: During the last year, about $ 50 million worth of carpets were exported from Qom province to other countries, most of which were to Russia, China, Japan and Germany. Is.
He stated: Qom Handmade Carpet Union has an active and wide presence in carpet exhibitions in other provinces of the country as well as in foreign countries.
The head of the Qom Handmade Carpet Union, referring to the limited space of the exhibition, added: 300 people in Qom province applied to participate in the handmade carpet exhibition, but due to space limitation, only 140 booths have been created.
The governor of Qom, stating that handmade carpets have special features and originality, considered the handmade carpet industry in Qom to be world-class.
Seyed Mehdi Sadeghi at the opening ceremony of the twelfth exhibition of handmade carpets in Qom with the presence of the head of the National Carpet Center of Iran, added: The great efforts of carpet weavers have caused this industry and original Iranian culture not to suffocate despite many problems and successfully progress.
He considered the precise and deep understanding of Qomi carpet weavers of handmade carpet art as one of the reasons for the globalization of this industry and said: this issue has caused the existing problems not to stop this industry in Qom.
Emphasizing the government’s support for the hand-woven carpet industry, Sadeghi said: We are seriously pursuing the problems of this collection and trying to solve them.
The High Representative of the Government in the province also mentioned the opening of international relations as one of the factors of economic development in all sectors and specified: We hope that by using the existing capacities, we can provide the ground for promoting the handmade carpet trade and carpet weaving industry.
The 12th International Exhibition of Handmade Carpets in Qom was inaugurated during a ceremony attended by the Governor of Qom and national and provincial officials.