More joint chambers of commerce participating in Iran Expo 2024
The 6th Export Potential Exhibition of Iran, also known as Iran Expo 2024 as one of the most important events in Iran, provides chances for business people and manufacturers in various sectors and paves the ground for industries to showcase their products. The exhibition unveils Iran’s production and export capabilities and is expected to result in the creation of a competitive environment.
Iran Expo 2024, which commenced on Saturday in the capital city of Tehran and will run until Wednesday, has attracted 800 local companies, along with 2,000 international traders and entrepreneurs from 120 countries.
During the event, a sum of 3,500 business-to-business meetings have been scheduled, in addition to specialized conferences and webinars aimed at showcasing Iran’s industrial capabilities to international attendees.
Within a 50,000 square meter area, the exhibiting companies have showcased their newest products and accomplishments across various sectors including industry, agriculture, fishery, carpet weaving, handicrafts, tourism, laboratory equipment, and chemicals.
Alireza Shamsfard, the vice president of the Iran-Australia Chamber of Commerce, explained to Iran Daily about the importance of the event saying that Iran Expo has been one of the important exhibitions in the field of introducing Iran’s export capacities in recent years.
“More joint chambers have attended in this year’s exhibition, and as a result, the presence of more businessmen from more countries in the current exhibition has been recorded.”
Pointing out that the owners of various Iranian manufacturing and export industries and companies present in the exhibition are members of the country’s chambers of commerce, he noted from this point of view, the presence of the chambers of commerce in this exhibition is inspiring for them as they can use the capacities of joint chambers for cooperation with traders from other countries.
Also, Ramezan Bahrami, the head of Iran-Turkmenistan Chamber of Commerce, told Iran Daily that the holding of the exhibition along with the participation of the private and state-run sectors in holding the expo has been very well received by businesspersons, so that 150 traders from the Iran-Turkmenistan Chamber of Commerce were invited to participate in this exhibition.
He added: The initiative taken by the organizers of the exhibition was that the provincial capacities of the country were showcased in a special section in the event, so we no longer have to take foreign business delegations to different parts of the country to introduce the capabilities of the provinces. “This has helped us save time and energy.”
Also talking to Iran Daily, Amir Seiqal-Zanan, the secretary general of the Iran-Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce said the joint chamber has hosted a hundred-member business delegation from Afghanistan since the beginning of the exhibition.
He went on to say that a large part of Afghan businessmen lives in Iran. “Our effort is that the presence of businessmen leads to the conclusion of commercial contracts between the two countries.”
In order to promote commercial cooperation, a business meeting between Iran and Afghanistan was held on Sunday with the presence of 400 traders, he noted adding that B2B talks were held in more than 20 specialized areas between the two sides.
Mousa Aqaei, the head of the Iran-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce told Iran Daily that “The representatives of most of the manufacturing and industrial centers and important Iranian companies are present at Iran Expo 2024, so, it is a good opportunity for foreign traders to get familiar with potentials of Iran.”
Holding exhibitions to introduce export capacities plays a very important role in improving the trade, because trade will not be shaped until export capacities are introduced, he said.
“A few days ago, a trade delegation from Uzbekistan visited Iran. They expressed their surprise at Iran’s special production capacity and hoped that exchanges between the two countries would be promoted in various fields as soon
as possible.”
Also, Tahereh Soleimani, the head of the Commerce and Marketing Commission of the Iran-Georgia Chamber of Commerce told Iran Daily that “To attend this year’s exhibition, a 26-person business delegation from Georgia came to Iran, and as a result of the negotiations, many contracts were signed with the Iranian parties, most of them were in the field of providing construction services and products.”
She noted that the first important effect of holding such exhibitions is that the traders of other countries get to know our capabilities. “Unfortunately, we are weak at introducing our products to foreigners. This weakness has caused competitors and neighboring countries to take advantage of the opportunity and even seize our traditional export markets in other countries.”