According to Total News, quoted by the Iran Online Chamber, Khorshid Gazderazi stated in the 71st meeting of the dialogue council between the government and the private sector of Bushehr province, the increase in port service tariffs can cause rampant inflation, while the ports organization and shipping has increased this cost without any approval.
The secretary of the Bushehr dialogue council said, in order to smooth the business environment of the province and prevent inflation, it is suggested that the head of the dialogue council of the government and the private sector of Bushehr province, according to the correspondence of the chamber of commerce with the general director of ports and shipping of Bushehr province, order the cancellation of this resolution until determining the final assignment by the Ports Organization and establish a technical committee to review and issue a technical opinion.
He announced the holding of the fifth international date exhibition and festival this month in Bushehr and stated, the fifth international date exhibition with the participation of 70 manufacturing companies from 13 provinces in the field of date processing, specialized food equipment, knowledge base, printing and packaging, export and domestic trade, fertilizers and poisons and handicrafts will be held in Bushehr from 14 to 17 November.
Gazderazi announced the holding of the national date table as one of the side programs of this exhibition and said, this exhibition plays an important role in the development of export and marketing of dates and solving the problems of activists in this field.
In this meeting, the Governor of Bushehr, referring to the increase in port and sea service tariffs of commercial ports in the south of the country, said, the solutions for the goods clearance process in the customs of Bushehr province should be shortened so that they are not subject to the increase in port service tariffs.
Referring to the holding of the international date exhibition in Bushehr, Ahmad Mohammadizadeh said, this November, we will witness the holding of the international date exhibition in Bushehr, and besides holding the national date table, a specialized meeting of date activists will be held.
Stating that date festival and exhibition is being held in Bushehr for the third year, he said, in this festival, special attention should be paid to women entrepreneurs, including women covered by relief and welfare committee institutions, and they should be supported.
Governor of Bushehr increased the tariffs for port and sea services in commercial ports in the south of the country and stated that the necessary follow-ups should be done to solve this issue.
Mohammadizadeh stated that with the shortening of the goods clearance time, merchants will not be subject to the increase in port service tariffs, and said, the goods clearance process should be improved with specialized meetings and using the experiences of other countries.
Emphasizing the formation of a joint working group between the private sector and the public sector in reforming the goods clearance process, he clarified, the joint cooperation of the public and private sectors is effective in solving the problems of economic and commercial sector activists.
Bushehr governor pointed out the problems of the tax field of businessmen noted, the problems of the tax field of economic activists and businessmen should be investigated in a specialized meeting and solutions for solving this issue should be presented.
Mohammadizadeh considered the decrease in customs clearance time as the reason for the reduction of warehousing costs and stated, one of the most important capacities of Bushehr province is the export and import of goods from ports, and the necessary mechanism should be provided to speed up the clearance of goods while reducing port costs.
He announced the increase in the export and import of goods in the ports of Bushehr province and stated, the surveys show that the export and import of goods in 2022 increased compared to the previous year and the customs income increased 300 times.
Governor of Bushehr added, in the seven months of this year, the amount of goods exported to different countries through the customs of Bushehr province has increased compared to the seven months of the previous year.
Further, the review of the agenda of the council meeting with the subject of the order to refer the order registration of 100 tiers of tariffs to the specialized offices of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade for the allocation of foreign currency and the issues and problems of traders and businessmen related to this issue was on the agenda.
Nadir Pourjam, the deputy official of Bushehr province’s dialogue council between the government and the private sector, said, in the announcement that was recently uploaded to the comprehensive trade system, the list of tariffs related to the ministry of privacy and included in the exchange rate of the first hall of the Nima system is specified and it is possible to choose the currency licensing organization for tariffs related to the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade in the comprehensive trade system.
He added, according to this notice, the change in the foreign currency license issuance procedure for 100 tariff lines related to the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade and included in the exchange rate of the first hall of the Nima system has been created in order to determine the currency allocation hall by the applicants at the time of registering the goods for the mentioned tariffs, that is, when registering the order, they can submit the file for allocating currency from the first hall of the Nima system, refer to the folder of the specialized offices of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade to obtain a currency license, while these offices are delaying the issuance of foreign currency licenses for unknown reasons, and this causes delays in the process of registering orders and creating rents.
Pointing to the protests received by economic activists regarding this issue, Pourjam said, the investigation of this issue was placed on the agenda of the dialogue council between the government and the private sector of Bushehr province.