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JETRO eyes boosting trade with Iran

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has prepared a package for expansion of trade cooperation with Iran, according to the head of JETRO office in Tehran.

Trade

Japan preparing ground for cooperation with Iran in post-sanctions era

Head of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) office in Tehran Takayuki Suzuki says “we are preparing the ground so that they (the Japanese and Iranian companies) can cooperate as soon as the sanctions on Tehran are lifted.”

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Japan prepares document for trade cooperation with Iran

Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) has recently prepared a document for trade cooperation with Iran and is eager to increase bilateral relations with the country, according to the Chairman of Iran-Japan Joint Trade Committee.

Trade

Iran, Japan sign agreement on customs cooperation

Japanese embassy in Tehran said on Sunday that Iran and Japan have signed an agreement on customs cooperation.

Trade

US sanctions against Iran, lose-lose game: Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday said that the US sanctions imposed on Iran benefit neither side and is tantamount to lose-lose game.

Trade

Iran welcomes Japanese investment in Chabahar Port: Rouhani

The Iranian president has told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that Tehran wants Tokyo to invest in Chabahar Port that has been exempted from the US sanctions.

Trade

Iran has wished that Japan keep buying Iranian oil: Japanese PM spokesman

Takeshi Osuga who is the spokesman for the Japanese delegation, headed by PM Shinzo Abe, to Iran has avoided at all costs to confirm whether Iranian president and Abe talked about Iran crude sales to the country. He says it was only raised by President Rouhani as a "wishful statement".

Energy

Japan’s crude imports from Iran surged to nearly 300,000 b/d in March

The Asian country imported more than 290,000 barrels per day from Iran in March after the country restarted crude purchases from Tehran before the waivers ended on 2 May.

Energy

Iran’s FM Zarif tours Asia to rally support for Tehran against US pressures

India, Japan and China are Iran’s three biggest oil clients that have stopped their purchases after Trump Administration didn’t renew sanctions waivers. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has finished his Asian tour to rally these countries’ support behind Tehran at a time of heightened tensions with the US.

Trade

Iran in talks with European, Asian countries to send skilled workers abroad

Sending skilled Iranian workers abroad is a government initiative aimed at cutting down the number of unemployed youth as well as meeting the high demand for skilled workers in countries such as Germany or Japan.

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