INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Iran exported non-oil commodities valued at $2.2 billion to Afghanistan during the 11-month period from March 20, 2024 to February
expanding financial collaboration to support growing economic and trade exchanges between the two countries, the statement added.Also, in
last October, ports and maritime officials of Iran and Afghanistan met to discuss investment opportunities for the Afghan private sector in
Province, the governor-general of the province, some MPs, and officials of the Afghanistan Trade and Industry Ministry, the opportunities
for cooperation and participation of the private sector of Afghanistan in Chabahar port were introduced and reviewed.Qasem Askari-Nasab, the
director general of the Ports and Maritime Department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, welcomed the request of the Afghan government to
side.The Afghan side's investment in Chabahar port, in addition to the possibility of Afghanistan's access to open waters, will strengthen
the economic relations between the two countries and develop transit in the region, Askari-Nasab said.Introducing new economic opportunities
to increase trade relations between the investors of the two countries, he further proposed that the Afghan side invest in the construction
of a multi-purpose terminal for goods and containers.Meanwhile, in a meeting with an Iranian trade delegation in Kabul in last August,
Afghanistan's interim Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund said that his country is eager to attract Iranian investors in
order to develop Afghan mining industry, generate solar electricity and expand railway connectivity.The Iranian delegation also proposed to
launch a joint special industrial zone with Afghanistan.Noting that Afghanistan has turned into a good place for making investment, Mullah
said that the relevant ministries and organizations there, will cooperate and work closely with the investors.The Iranian delegation, made
They called for the formation of a joint economic-mining zone between the two neighboring countries.At the time, Iran's commercial attach in
newer models of cooperation.Afghanistan supplies more than 80 percent of its market needs through imports, and imports from Iran constitute
25 percent of this amount, Hossein Roustaei said in a meeting on opportunities and challenges of the Afghan market, held by Iran Chamber of
Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA).Referring to Afghanistan's import priorities, including food, agriculture, fuel, basic
than 724 million dollars of goods to Afghanistan in the first four months of the current [Iranian calendar year] (March 20-July 21) which
Afghanistan over the past two years have improved the conditions of trade with this country, he added.Afghanistan has prioritized the
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.He further emphasized that the establishment of a joint economic zone between the two countries should be
implemented as soon as possible, saying: Considering the recent conflicts between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Afghanistan wants to use the
opportunity of Chabahar port in the best way
Iran can increase its transit role in the import and export of Afghanistan from the current 50 percent.MA
