if he observes it , it will be established for the businessmen of our country and the competitive environment will become the biggest. our time on channel 1 is over. i invite all viewers. if you are interested in this discussion, watch us on the news network . thank you. let's take a look at the statistics. a couple of days ago , we reviewed the statistics together. if you remember , because we also have the over asia exhibition , it has been held in the country for a few days. we brought our company and we can have a review if we see the picture together how is our trade statistics? 42 billion dollars. our trade statistics in 7 months of 1402 is 1 billion dollars. as i said, almost our exports

are about 3 billion dollars . we have 3 shares of billion dollars of imports. there is a lot of worry about basic goods, for example , because if we go tomorrow , we will sign a free trade agreement and, for example , become an importer, this is very much as the officials say, it will not happen for now. if we see the next picture together, why are we talking, why are we talking so much in order to enter into free trade, we are trying to put aside these tariff rules , put aside the customs rules, we are opening up our country's borders , we are expanding our trade borders as much as the countries that are members of this economic union, and think that an exporter we are a producer, the market is now the same as the market of these five countries, and with easier rules , we can have international competition . naturally , the costs will decrease a lot. it's better to have an open hand

if he uses more products , this will also promote the domestic producer to raise its quality to the global level . assuming it is better to import it at the beginning , what do you think, this domestic producer will be promoted with this situation, almost equal to the existing one, increase the quality, be able to compete, and the consumer will benefit here. in free trade , it has several features. there is a plan without customs, there are no trade barriers , you can't decide overnight to change the rules of the game, we have free access to the markets, the policies are not in favor of a particular group, nor are they in favor of a particular merchant, it will be equal for everyone, and there is free access to information. in other markets, the rent will go away, and other things that may happen, the flow

of capital will come to the country and we can have a better economy in this way. my colleague will prepare a report in the foreign trade group . 1997 preferential trade agreement it was signed between iran and the asian economic union. after two and a half years of negotiations and from november 2018 , after approval in the assemblies of the parties, the agreement was implemented. it can almost be said that this is the first multi- party agreement. according to us, in the field of foreign trade, this agreement had a positive result for iran in 3 years of implementation. iran's commercial exchange with arasia region has more than doubled during this period. this made officials on both sides more eager to convert the preferential agreement into free trade. preferential trade agreements cover a limited number of items . the reduction rate of less than 400 free trade coverage

broader, about 80 products are covered in the free trade agreement and their tariffs will be zero . the agreement to reduce the trade tariff of 750 items to zero has been agreed on the final document and is going to be signed soon. the agreement that took place on the 4th of dime in st.petersburg, which is the meeting of the leaders of the eurasian union, iran has also been invited to sign the iran free trade agreement on the sidelines in the presence of the leaders of these five countries. did according to the officials , there is no concern about the jump in the increase of imports. the concern that is sometimes raised is that if we join that economic union , there will be a jump with the same ratio, for example, because in the field of importing basic goods

, there is finally a rationing, and based on that, the statistics of the month increase iran's exports by 20% to this union says that our exports to these five countries during this period were 88 million tons of goods worth one billion and 74 million dollars, which was accompanied by a 45% growth in weight and 20% in value compared to the same period. this agreement will be the first free trade agreement of iran that will be implemented. report my colleagues together we saw here at the economic desk mr. sidi, the adviser of international affairs and trade agreements of the trade development organization , and mr. khosro abbasovich gasan bekov, the representative of the russian export center in iran, who are taking the trouble to translate their words to mr. milad.

all the guests of the program, i would like to start with mr. sidi and ask him this question , what exactly is going to happen to the business of our country and the members of the ovaria economic union from the 4th of january to the 25th of december ? all viewers dear , what will happen on the 4th of december in st. petersburg, the signing of the free trade agreement has been about 6 years since we had negotiations with the asian union. for 4 years, part of our agreement has been implemented in the form of preferential trade and it has helped to increase our trade immediately after a the year after the implementation of the preferential trade agreement, we started our negotiations with the eurasian union, and

so far more than 30 rounds of negotiations have been conducted. the text of the agreement is ready to be signed on the 4th day in st. petersburg, on the sidelines of the eurasian economic union summit, and after that, it will be signed. according to the current agreement, there should actually be five assemblies the countries of eurasia and iran should approve this and the implementation will begin immediately. on the day of implementation, 87% of our goods will be exported to eurasia with zero tariffs, and it will provide a very good basis for the development of our trade with the eurasian union. considering that the previous agreement , the preferential trade agreement, which had limited items

, had a lot of effects in the same limitation, and in the first year , 82 of our exports were added to the 500 items that urera union had given us points, and that day, 22 billion dollars. the volume of trade was bilateral , that is, five countries in asia and iran, and now with the growth rate that we have had so far will reach nearly 7 billion dollars by the end of the year, which is nearly 3 times the previous volume. this indicates that there is a very high flood potential in these communications to increase business, according to the calculations of the toos trade organization, there is a potential of nearly 30 billion dollars and the capacity to increase trade between the two countries is there right now . naturally, after a few years, when trade

increases , this figure can also be increased. what will happen, what do you predict? what will the future hold in terms of trade with iran and other members? in the name of god , the most merciful , in the name of god, the most merciful. first of all, i would like to thank you for inviting me to this program and my dear colleague for his speech. institution and government organization to support russian import and export

, we are taking all steps to support and agree between businessmen and we are sure that it will actually increase the circulation of goods between the two countries. to help the country so that they can actually communicate with each other. it is increasing and progressing. well , there are various factors, from transportation, to the issue of export development , to your presence and this export development center.

there is something like export guarantee and export development fund, like a group called akziar , which actually make grants, in fact they provide the same banking services, that is, they want to say that their organization is actually the organization that they are in charge of, such groups they have in their hearts that you can support the merchants in the country , specifically, which product groups do you have the most to work with in our country or what are your needs? do you think that with this agreement that will be signed, it will be supplied from our country, and what is the direction of this product boom that you are referring to? you can, that is, your country from our side, that is, this production

of iran, how do you think that which iranian products will be mostly useful for russia and vice versa, you can talk a little about this, well, the resources of both countries are very large. he said that the resources and reservoirs of both countries are very rich. he said that in fact there are many factors in different fields like agriculture, like machine building, and regarding petrochemicals, and in fact, it can be said that we are more concerned in the field of agricultural issues. and since you work a lot with the private sector in russia, what do you think are the most important challenges that

may exist in the way of trade between members and what is your solution to solve them? russian companies work a lot. let me explain that in order to actually connect the two countries, we, as the organization of the russian export center , are actually looking to do such a thing as to search for buyers and sellers. let's educate both sides, both russian and iranian, and

see all the problems that have been in this field so far, especially the financial problems that actually existed, and russia can be said that these problems are almost being solved and are being solved. can from the point of view of cooperation with the export development organization , we have on the agenda , who mention in english that the export development organization is the main partner with whom they want to work. so that we can actually solve the film issues between iranians and russia both in iran and in russia. as i told you, the issues related to other financial issues have almost been resolved

. there were issues that used to play a big role in financial issues, so i would like to thank you for the presence of both sides, which have now become almost contrary to the restrictions between the ministry was actually between iran and russia for the realization of the projects. it can almost be said that it has been resolved and it will be like this after, god willing , mr. saeedi, a series of experts are worried that, for example, when we go anyway , we will operate under the rules of international free trade. small to the detriment of the domestic producer because of the space it's a different atmosphere. how serious do you take this concern and how much do you plan to prevent this from happening

? and naturally, we have to find the necessary preparation for it. due to the fact that we did not become a member of the world trade organization , we do not have an obligation to comply with some of the rules governing world trade, which most countries fully comply with, although we applied for membership to the organization 27 years ago. and we announced our readiness to comply with them, but this did not happen due to the opposition of the great powers what we have been waiting for for 27 years is now necessary and fulfilled with only five countries. this

should not be a very difficult task. it is a valuable exercise . maybe i want to make my question more specific. if we want to separate the threats and the opportunities , what will the threats be for us, what will the opportunities be for us ? let me give you an example. let's ban it, we don't have it it is an incident that happened in the world 75 years ago . we do not observe this in our so-called commercial regime . it cannot be used from a point of view

of the so-called producer and trader. this is that the government imposes costs on the two private sectors by successively changing the regulations of the circular and the events that change in business. in this sense, costs cannot be imposed after this. the private sector should have more disciplined and stable regulations, and it seems more strict the position of the officials is possible until the production is limited, but for our private sector to experience that our business with 5 countries in the world, which are members of the asian economic union , can proceed with stability and with international regulations, in some ways it can help. but in terms of the fact that we

eliminate the one-way, we do this reciprocally, the trade is a two-way route. it is not possible to expect the five asian countries to open their markets for us and we do not do this, in return , the tariffs on 88 items will be zero, and so to speak, facing this challenge is possible for some companies. domestic production may create a final shortage , we must be prepared in two ways , one is from the point of view that a market will soon be opened in front of us without tariffs, a market whose annual imports fluctuate between 5 billion and 355 billion dollars. there is a big event and in order to take advantage of this opportunity , this opportunity that does not come to us by itself

, our companies must do marketing, they must study , they must measure the market, they must understand the tastes of the consumers of those countries and have an export program for themselves. prepare to attend draw that market, on the other hand, compared to the fact that goods may also be imported, which in any case, in these four years when our business has increased, it has increased more or less evenly. we used to export about 3 times as much as we imported. this happened naturally during the days when we imported basic items. they are basic items, although our business is now almost three times, it is possible to maintain this ratio, but in order to be able

to use this opportunity, investment is necessary , investigation is necessary, and some efforts must be made by the private sector. we can do it and this exhibition that is being held in tehran right now, the over asia exhibition, is one of the so-called good examples of this work. i had a visit today and the business parties of eurasia and iran are negotiating with the iranian parties to have the so-called important companies participate on the eurasian side and provide this platform for cooperation . how did you and the representative of your private sector come to know that there should be a marketing? do you also think that this is a marketing field and that it is a market after all it may be a bit unknown for the businessmen on both sides of the members. the way

it is working now, it is going to work . what kind of background do you provide for this to happen more easily? i very much agree that this meeting and this conference that took place in ur for discussion was actually very valuable work and very good relations happened that in fact , based on this conference, bizfans can have a meeting and many issues resolve will definitely be new contracts, communications and today we can say that the russian export center in iran can support import and export discussions for

russian and iranian employers, and it is indeed our plan that we will hold trade conferences both in iran and in russia. the truth of the webinars, these friends , colleagues and employees who attended these webinars , we talked about the truth of the trade between the two countries and businessmen and russia, in fact , in the presence of specific areas for the discussion of iranian trade. such experiences of such teachers what we have experienced in the past can help us to know each other better, that is , the parties have the best communication in this

field, and it can definitely have an effect on the development of commercial relations between the two countries. and we are ready with all our strength to actually support this issue of trade between the two countries. considering that our agencies are actually countries , this allows us that our organization can actually carry out activities and cooperation with the countries of the region and we are always ready to serve in this field. you know that the number of merchants

is actually growing four or five times. we think that according to the aid that now the organization can even reach up to 405 billion dollars in how many years? chinese esco.

mr. saeedi, for this to happen in 3 years , now, for example, the volume of our trade with the members of the eurasian economic union is 4-5 billion dollars. the targets you mentioned are between 30 and 40 billion dollars. what is the plan behind it in the ministry of industry in the government? amount of time and only goods are not enough for business . in order to be able to do business , peripheral systems such as transportation, logistics, financial issues are extremely important, and the positive things that happen with such agreements, according to experience, have shown that around this agreement, even though in the heart

the agreement may not mention logistics, but logistics will be facilitated, financial communication issues will be facilitated, and these can help us, the call and request that we have from all companies, when we say that nearly 90 87 goods will be zero , even in that 13% that will not be zero, almost half of them are us we don't have production or export. you open a small one. it is 8. for example, how many large samples can you see? in all our seasons, our customs book has 98 chapters , one third of it is completely zero, that is, there is not even a single item that is not zero in this 27 season. how many items can you make? as an example, in the case of the so-called products related to construction, construction materials will be 97 zero, which means that this

is rarely a rational thing that does not line up. for example, our merchants wanted to export , how much did they pay ? it was around 121, now it is zero you noticed that some items do not decrease, and when we average them, it becomes 5%, even in the small percentage that they have to pay , they will pay only 5%. this increases the possibility of increasing exports, provided that the government also invests in marketing. the private sector , well, we have about a minute, i wanted you to tell us what our businessmen should do in order to be more durable in the market of your country , and what measures you have in your plans to facilitate investment

. russia's export center in iran , we will do any action that will lead to the fact that we can communicate with iranian and russian business partners , we will communicate the truth with iranian and russian suppliers from both sides. we want to solve it here , but many things can actually happen with the help of this organization, an export center for studying business. thank you very much for the presence

of both dear guests . thank you later for accompanying us may god protect you. in the name of allah, the most merciful, the most merciful, dear viewers, hello , good evening, welcome to this news section. the head of the stock exchange organization announced a reduction in the time of sending financial information. mr. eshghi said: the speed of publishing the financial report has increased from 5 months in 2015 to 14 hours in 2014, and we intend to reduce this time to zero. currently

, there are nearly 50 million people in the capital market of the country.