Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture plans to hold two commercial webinars later this month.
The events will be held by TCCIM in collaboration with Iran Virtual Expo’s platform, the news portal of TCCIM reported.
The first webinar titled “Iran-Pakistan Economic Relations” is scheduled for Aug. 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
According to Pakistani sources, trade between Iran and Pakistan stands over $350 million per annum with Iran’s exports accounting for the lion’s share of the sum.
Businessmen from Iran and Pakistan will be discussing expansion of cooperation in the fields of pharmaceuticals and health economics.
The second webinar titled “Assessments of Trade Ties with Nigeria, South Africa and Tunisia” is scheduled to be held on Aug. 24 from 2-4:30 p.m.
Iran exported 834,381 tons of commodities worth $340 million to African countries during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), registering a 144% and 350% surge in tonnage and value respectively compared with the similar period of last year, according to the director general of Arab and African Affairs Department of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran.
“Ghana with $151 million, Algeria with $58 million, South Africa with $32 million, Tanzania with $25 million, Nigeria with $18 million, Soudan with $17 million, Kenya with $14.5 million, Ivory Coast with $12 million, Somalia with $4 million and Egypt with close to $1.5 million were Iran’s top 10 export destinations in the African continent,” Farzad Piltan was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
“The removal of some restrictions applied after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, which again made the travel of businesspeople possible and helped resume commercial events, has brought about the rise in trade with Africa.”
