INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
calendar year (March 20, 2024-January 19, 2025), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the spokesperson for the Trade
Development Committee of the House of Industry, Mining, and Trade announced.Ruhollah Latifi said that Iran exported non-oil commodities
valued at $1.972 billion to Afghanistan in the ten-month period.He said that Afghanistan was the fourth top export destination of Iranian
Afghanistan's interim Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund said that his country is eager to attract Iranian investors in
to launch a joint special industrial zone with Afghanistan.Noting that Afghanistan has turned into a good place for making investment,
They called for the formation of a joint economic-mining zone between the two neighboring countries.At the same time, Iran's commercial
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA).Referring to Afghanistan's import priorities, including food,
agriculture, fuel, basic goods such as flour, oil, eggs, day-old chickens, medicine, medical equipment, and construction equipment, he
Therefore, Iran's traditional economic relation with Afghanistan should enter into newer models of cooperation, he stressed.According to
Roustaei, investment and operation of mines, technical and engineering services, mechanization of agriculture and smart agriculture,
construction of transportation infrastructure, and renewable energies are among the new fields that should be considered for cooperation
between the two countries.Increasing non-oil exports to the neighboring countries is one of the major plans that the Iranian government has
been pursuing in recent years.Iran shares land or water borders with 15 countries namely UAE, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,
Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Saudi Arabia.MA
