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.
Mohammad-Ali Mohammad Mirzaeian told a meeting of the chamber’s foreign trade working group that the current situation had created an opportunity to explore alternatives to maritime corridors. “Using the capacity of neighboring countries is one of these routes,” he said.
The head of the chamber’s export development commission added that countries such as Pakistan and India not only serve as major gateways to global markets but also represent significant markets in their own right for Kerman province’s products.
Mirzaeian said establishing a Kerman chamber office and a permanent exhibition of the province’s products in Karachi, Pakistan, would be highly effective in diversifying and expanding the region’s export portfolio.