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Iran eyes strategic shift to structural trade ties with East Africa

Iran should expand trade with East Africa to reduce its reliance on a handful of export markets and boost economic resilience, the head of the Iran-East Africa Chamber of Commerce said in a note published on the Persian website of Iran Chamber of Commerce.

Joint Chambers

Kerman chamber head pledges support for economic operators amid wartime

The head of the Kerman Chamber of Commerce has declared that no duty is more urgent than preserving production, employment, and trade amid the current wartime conditions in the country, pledging the chamber’s full support for economic operators.

Local Chambers

Iraq’s new government seen as trade opportunity for Iran’s Khuzestan

The formation of a new government in Iraq presents a strategic opportunity to deepen trade cooperation between Iran’s Khuzestan province and Iraq’s southern provinces, particularly Dhi Qar, according to the head of the Ahvaz Chamber of Commerce.

Local Chambers

Iran Chamber chief stresses job security for workers amid economic pressures

The president of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture has called on employers and state officials to prioritize job security and livelihood protections for workers, as the country faces economic pressures caused by the US-Israeli-imposed war.

Iran Chamber

Iran’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 46.4 in the month to February 19, marking a continued contraction in economic activity but at a somewhat slower pace than the previous month, according to a report published by the research center of the Iran Chamber of Commerce.

Iran’s PMI shows continued contraction but at slower pace

Macro Economy

Iran chamber chief urges import easing, forex flexibility to save production

Iran Chamber

The head of the Alborz Chamber of Commerce has called on the Iranian government to provide genuine support to the private sector to safeguard the country’s employment capacity amid wartime pressures.

Iran’s Alborz Chamber chief urges state to back private sector to preserve jobs

Local Chambers

Iran’s private sector must accelerate the establishment of alternative trade routes and identify land-based export corridors after the closure of the country’s maritime trade pathways due to wartime conditions, the deputy head of the Kerman Chamber of Commerce said.

Iran’s Kerman chamber urges new land routes as sea trade faces wartime closure

Local Chambers

Iran’s private sector has drawn on successful logistics models to establish a sustainable supply chain with friendly countries, aiming to ensure continued imports and production stability under wartime conditions, the head of the Ahvaz Chamber of Commerce said.

Iran’s private sector sets up supply chain with friendly nations to safeguard wartime imports

Local Chambers

North Khorasan province’s private sector has significant potential to supply essential goods from Central Asian countries, and with route optimization could soon become a main gateway for such imports, officials said at a meeting hosted by the Bojnurd Chamber of Commerce.

North Khorasan sees high potential for essential goods supply from Central Asia

Local Chambers

Iran and Iraq are moving to establish a barter system for goods and services as part of a broader push to overcome banking sanctions and bureaucratic hurdles and raise annual trade to $20 billion, a senior Iranian trade official says.

Iran, Iraq eye launching a joint barter system to boost trade to $20bn target

Joint Chambers

Iranian joint chambers of commerce pledge to fix supply chains during war and post-war

Joint Chambers

Economic activists and provincial officials in Isfahan have called for stronger support for domestic production and better management of the economic consequences of the US-Israeli war against Iran.

Private sector officials urge support for production amid economic war pressures

Local Chambers

Recent upheavals and the spillover effects of the war in Iran have pushed the Persian Gulf into a new phase of geo-economic realignment, turning the Strait of Hormuz into a decisive factor for trade, energy and economic security, according to a senior Iranian business official.

Strait of Hormuz developments reshape Persian Gulf trade

Joint Chambers

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