The average export of Iranian handmade carpets was announced
The head of the National Carpet Center of Iran, stating that the average export of Iranian hand-woven carpets in recent decades has been $ 500 million annually, added: Of course, this does not mean that we have the same potential, but our exports by lifting sanctions and entering new markets and On the one hand, advertising can increase many times over.
Hamid Kargar mentioned the provision of transportation subsidies and the payment of export bonuses, among the requests of hand-woven carpet activists, the latter of which has been suspended for several years.
He said: Of course, the general policy of the government is to provide indirect export incentives, and the expectation of hand-woven carpet exporters is that at least for transportation subsidies, there will be discounts for exports to target markets, and we hope to see good news on National Export Day. Be for exporters.
He said that in the first five months of this year, according to the latest customs statistics, more than 1,400 tons of handmade carpets worth $ 80 million were exported to about 80 countries: The top 10 countries that are considered as the most important importers of Iranian handmade carpets include countries Europe, East Asia and some Arab countries such as Lebanon and the UAE.
The export of handmade carpets is waiting for the lifting of sanctions
Kargar said that the boom in the export of hand-woven carpets is waiting for the lifting of sanctions, the implementation of Borjam and the export of Iranian carpets to the United States, in which the American delegation will soon enter Iran to strengthen the ties between the activists of these two markets.
We have customs problems in the export process
Emphasizing the need to facilitate and assist the process of exporting handmade carpets, he said: Unfortunately, we have customs problems in the export process, and high transportation and insurance costs are among the obstacles.
He stressed that Iranian carpets are known in many foreign markets but still need advertising: Even traditional markets that know Iranian carpets do not need advertising, but advertising has many different tools and can not be accessed on social networks and New communication technologies were negligible. On the other hand, manufacturing and industrial enterprises alone can not act in this regard, but this requires the determination of the government.
Kargar mentioned the participation in specialized exhibitions abroad as one of the requests of exporters in this field. By participating in these exhibitions and observing the markets, many experiences are gained and a lot of information and knowledge of drawers are transferred to each other.