Zanjan Customs' Green Light for Olive Exports; 42 Percent Growth in Zanjan's Exports

According to KhabarOnline from Zanjan, Zeynalabedin Ganjkhanlou, referring to the removal of the ban on olive exports, stated: With this product's exit from the list of goods subject to export prohibition, the possibility of its export has been provided in compliance with the legal requirements, and exporters can use the existing capacities for presence in the target markets.

Stating that economic actors' familiarity with export regulations and processes can help reduce the problems of this field, he added: In a meeting with the presence of officials and representatives of the executive bodies, the holding of a training and orientation course for exporters and economic actors was approved, so that while explaining the export procedures, their issues and the obstacles ahead of them would also be examined.

The director general of Zanjan Province Customs, referring to the restrictions imposed during the 40-day war period, stated: Based on the notification of the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad, the export of products subject to chapters one to 24 of the customs tariff had been prohibited at that juncture, but subsequently, and in proportion to the conditions, some products were removed from this list, among which was the olive.

Ganjkhanlou emphasized: At present, olive exports do not face the previously announced prohibition or restriction, and the virtual water charge is also not applied to the export of this product; conditions that can help improve the export trend and exploit the economic capacities of this product.

Emphasizing the necessity of complying with the legal and health requirements, he noted: Obtaining health and quarantine certificates and registering and presenting information in the systems approved by customs are among the requirements of olive exports, and exporters must pass the relevant stages before carrying out the customs formalities.

The director general of Zanjan Province Customs also announced this organization's readiness for guidance and cooperation with exporters and said: The province's customs tries, by examining the problems of economic actors and facilitating the formalities within the framework of the regulations, to make smoother the path of exporting olives and other agricultural products.

42 percent growth of exports from Zanjan Customs

Ganjkhanlou, in another part of his remarks, referring to the province's export performance, stated: In the first half of this year, more than 225 million dollars of goods have been exported from Zanjan Province Customs.

He announced the value of the exports carried out in this period as accompanied by 42 percent growth compared with the compared period and added: This amount of exports is the result of the activity and effort of 80 production companies of the province.

The director general of Zanjan Province Customs, congratulating the National Export Day to the country's exporters and economic actors, emphasized the continuation of cooperation with production and commercial units and said: The province's customs is ready to examine exporters' customs problems and, within the framework of the laws and regulations, to cooperate in removing the obstacles and facilitating the export process.