Iran, Afghanistan to sign preferential trade agreement soon

2021-01-09 01:31:56

(MENAFN)According to IRNA, on Wednesday, a superior trade agreement with Afghanistan will be signed soon, according to the Director General of the Asia-Pacific Office at Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).

“Necessary coordination has been made with the Ministry of Commerce of Afghanistan and primary talks will be held on January 13 in the form of a video conference between the officials of the two sides to finalize and operationalize this agreement as soon as possible,” declared Reza Seyed-Aqazadeh in the fourth meeting of Khorasan Razavi-Herat Joint Trade Committee in Mashhad.

“Previously, in 2015, the tariffs for the imports of five commodity items from Afghanistan including the imports of sesame were reduced; the tariffs on sesame imports were reduced from 10 percent to five percent,” he further said mentioning recent tariff agreements amid both countries.

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