The saturation of rural cooperative companies has kept the silos of the private sector empty
Member of Board of Directors of the Silo Owners Association of Iran
One of the main challenges for us silo owners is that when we started building silos, there were no rural cooperative companies, but now we see their strong presence, which has led to the private sector silos remaining empty. Meanwhile, the rural cooperative companies do not have the necessary standards and hygiene for maintaining and storing wheat but unfortunately, the government has given them the priority of buying and maintaining!
On the other hand, the renewal guidelines include 3-year-old machines and are not included in the new fleet.
In the past years, the wear and tear age of the transport fleet was 25 years, after which smart cards were not issued to the trucks and they were not allowed to load, but now they have increased the age of wear and tear to 30 years.
On the other hand, neighboring countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, which have many conflicts in terms of governance and stability in the government, buy modern machines and trucks for their drivers at a much lower price and even on the transit route of Iran, they brag to Iranian drivers that we got your 9 billion car for half the price. Therefore, Iranian drivers complain about why a truck produced by a factory is sold at a lower price in a neighboring country but in our country at a more expensive price!
