Iran can meet its national needs despite economic restrictions by focusing on tourism, digital technology, and making greater use of its northern ports, the head of Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday.
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) is leading discussions on establishing a support fund for businesses damaged by wartime conditions, following a meeting with heads of chambers of commerce from across the country.
President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Samad Hassanzadeh has praised the country’s business community for maintaining the flow of essential goods during the recent imposed war, despite heavy damage to infrastructure and production facilities.
An Iranian parliamentary commission has planned to set up a special committee to accelerate the shipment of essential goods, as the country faces port restrictions in southern waters due to US maritime blockade, a senior lawmaker said.
The Vice President of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Mohammad Reza Bahraman, has underlined the need to supply essential goods as the country faces a US-Israeli-imposed war that has caused restrictions for southern ports.
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.
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 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.
The Tehran Chamber of Commerce has called on Iranian economic enterprises to protect human capital amid the country’s “special economic conditions,” according to a statement released on Saturday.
Iranian trade officials and heads of joint chambers of commerce have outlined the country’s economic needs during wartime and post-war reconstruction, pledging to leverage their capacities to sustain trade and repair supply chains.