Dr. Zarabi, Head of Iran-Oman Chamber of Commerce: The most important plans for 2019-2020 between these two countries are that both countries are looking for increasing trade volume and also making them easier for both parties. Regarding the contracts between Oman and some African countries, there are options for Iran to reexport some goods from Oman to those courtiers. Focusing on Chabahar port is an important issue for the chamber in order to increase the trade value and volume.
Dr Farzin Karimloo, CEO of Jahan Pasta: Although the government has accepted to increase the price of pasta in the market, we have not experienced a reasonable increase. The 15% increase in the market price has helped the industry a lot, however, it does not cover all the volatile expenses of the production process. The producers are not willing to increase the price because pasta is accessible to different classes of society, nevertheless, the increase is inevitable.
Shushtar’s historical hydraulic system not only influenced the urban ecosystem and changed the quality of the city’s inhabitants, it also provided the drinking water of the region and also the water needed for agriculture. All these are among the necessary conditions for the sustainable development of a city hundreds of years ago.
Abbas Papizadeh, member of the Parliament of Iran: 14000 billion dollars with 42000 IRR exchange rate were allocated to importing the essential goods, which was only 17% less than what was predicted. However, the consequences of this policy and the increasing price of some of these essential goods seems to be working against it, and this policy has not moved towards what it was supposed to do.
Fatemeh Moghimi, deputy of Tehran’s Chamber of commerce: at the moment with the lack of a proper “foreign currency’s risk dashboard” in the trading system of Iran, has led the country in a way that we will not notice the harm until we face serious problems. Traders and producers need to have access to the money exchange information at any time, however, this should be approved by the Central Bank of Iran first.
