The President, referring to the vast capacities and facilities of free and special economic zones, considered the very low statistics of non-oil exports from these zones as unfortunate and worrying and said: Make a serious change in the free and special trade and economic zones and return these zones to their main goals of formation.
According to ISNA, Ayatollah Seyyed Ibrahim Ra’isi on Sunday in the first meeting of the Supreme Council of Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones in the 13th government, emphasizing that the regions Azad should become the center of exports, production boom and financial communications, he said. Therefore, the report presented on the low statistics of non-oil exports from these regions is very unfortunate and worrying, and it is necessary to make a serious change in this field.
Raisi said: “Free zones have a good capacity and opportunity to boost production, increase exports and create jobs, and the neighborhood of these areas with neighboring countries can be used for exports.”
Emphasizing on increasing the share of free zones in exports, the President said: “The share of exports should be increased from 2% to at least 4%, and in this regard, free zones have an important role.”
“Some free zones have moved away from production and exports and have become mainly centers of uncontrolled imports,” Raisi said. To be.
“Some free zones are by the sea and can play an important role in boosting the maritime economy,” the president added. As some European countries have much less connection with the sea than our country, but 50% of their GDP is done by sea.
“Achieving an effective economic position requires leaps and bounds, and in this regard, attention to the digital economy, cross-border communications and the prosperity of industry and tourism economy is very effective.”
The President said: “I hope that in the new era, using all the past experiences, different actions will be taken in the free zones and these zones will become a serious support for the country of entrepreneurs and production in the country and witness a serious leap towards important economic goals.” Be a resilient economy, production and increase of non-oil exports.
In the end, Ra’isi asked the Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones to identify ways out of the obstacles to accelerating the development of free zones and to adopt and implement the necessary solutions in this regard.
In this meeting, Saeed Mohammad, Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones, presented a report on the latest situation and economic performance of free zones, and proposals and strategies for boosting exports and production in these zones were reviewed and decided.
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