President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Hossein Selahvarzi says the Iran Chamber is ready to host the secretariat of the TIR carnet issuers of the ECO region.
Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) Umberto de Pretto pays a visit to Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) where he meets ICCIMA President Hossein Selahvarzi on December 17, 2023.
A trilateral agreement on transit cooperation has been signed between the International Road Transport Union (IRU), Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
Behnam Faramarzian, the director of international transportation and TIR carnet department of Iran Chamber of Commerce, has said that in order to strengthen its international trade, Iran has to give a boost to smart transportation.
President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Hossein Selahvarzi has voiced the readiness of ICCIMA to cooperate with the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in transportation across the region and beyond.
In a recently released video, IRU Secretary General Umberto de Pretto said that around 70% of Iran’s imports, exports and transit pass through the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, underlining the need to focus on facilitating transport and transit via the port.
International Road Transport Union (IRU) Secretary General Umberto de Pretto has stressed the key role of the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran as “a transit hub in the region”, noting that “around 70% of Iran’s imports, exports and transit pass through Bandar Abbas.”
IRU member the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has recently opened a new TIR office in Bandar Abbas.
A recent report by the Iranian Ministry of Economy signals a major growth in transit via the Iranian soil.
In light of Iran’s growing role in regional trade, IRU and Iran’s private and public sectors held high-level talks last week on avenues for further expansion, the IRU official website reported.