The Iranian government under President Ebrahim Raeisi is determined to make use of the potentials of the country’s private sector in trade with foreign countries, according to Deputy Minister of Industries, Mine and Trade.
Mehdi Zeighami, who also heads the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO), said that Iran is no longer focused on oil exports and sales of raw materials.
He added that Iran exported as much as $53 billion worth of non-oil products last year.
Underlining the role of the private sector in foreign trade, the official said that some 45 Iranian trade centers are operating in other countries.
An earlier TPO report published in late May said that Iran has five trade centers in Iraq, five others in Russia, three ones in Syria, eight ones in Africa and some other trade centers in Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Poland, the UAE and other trade partners.