Dakar to host 5th Iran-Senegal Joint Economic Cooperation Commission: TPO
The 5th Iran-Senegal Joint Economic Cooperation Commission will be held in the Senegalese capital of Dakar tomorrow, after 12 years, announced an official with the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).
Head of the African Department of the TPO Leila Baghban said the African Continent is rich with natural resources, high potentials, so Iranian traders should seize the opportunity to enhance their trade with African states, reported Tasnim news agency.
She put the value of goods exported from Iran to the African states in 2022 at $1.3 billion, and said the bilateral trade reached about $500 million in the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to November 22, 2023).
Raisins, dried nuts and food products are the main exported goods to the African states, the TPO official noted.