TEHRAN The Deputy Minister of Handicrafts has said, We are assembling a rescue plan for handicrafts sector to cover various areas particularly in financial field.Maryam Jalali-Dehkordi told IRNA that the rescue strategy includes numerous chapters for completing the worth chain of Persian handicrafts.
We began corresponding with different agencies.
We hope the strategy can increase merging of all firms to materialize eight-percent development, increase jobs and exports in line with National Handicrafts Document.She called Caspian Sea littoral states and Persian Gulf nations as Irans primary goals for exports.Stressing that this year has been called as Year of Investment in Production, she called handicrafts as the most crucial cultural item.
Since, it covers identity, economy, society and social cohesion, she added.According to management authorities, handicrafts are the blue ocean of company and there aspire customers for them, she said.Implementation of this project depends on convergence in the Cabinet, she added.She continued, We are likewise going over banking centers in the High Employment Council and hope that they will become functional in the near future.Regarding the quality of handicraft items, she stated: We require to create a market, conduct market research, and in fact draw customers.We have artisans, industrialists and merchants.
The project is to boost the handicrafts market.Available data put together by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Irans yearly handicraft exports presently stand at about $250 million, with an extra $250 million in casual luggage exports.
The global market for handicrafts is valued at $770 billion, highlighting a considerable chance for growth.Currently, a selection of 13 cities and 3 villages in Iran have been signed up by the World Council of Handicrafts as world cities of handicrafts.KD.
This short article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times