Iran-Indonesia trade exchanges up by 2.5 times
By Trend
Indonesian Ambassador in Tehran Octavino Alimudin highlighted Iran’s major situation in the region’s international transit, saying that Iran-Indonesia trade exchanges has increased by 2.5 times year on year, IRNA reports.
In a meeting with managing director of Aras Free Zone during his
visit to the region, he put the economic exchanges of the two
countries at $800 million, saying that grounds are prepared for
raising the figure to one billion dollars.
Referring to the operation of nine free zones in Indonesia, he
stressed the need for using opportunities and capacities of Aras
Free Zone to help improve trade relations between the two
countries.
He further noted that his trip to Aras is aimed at exploring ways
for promoting bilateral relations, adding that Aras industries are
indicative of high speed of progress and existence of special
developing industries in it.
The Indonesian envoy also voiced his country’s interest in
cooperation between the two countries’ free zones in the fields of
petrochemicals, non-oil industries including clothing, leather
shoes and Halal food industry.
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