Uzbekistan ambassador to Tehran expressed Navoi free zone willingness for expansion of tie with Iranian free zones.
Uzbekistan ambassador to Tehran expressed Navoi free zone willingness for expansion of tie with Iranian free zones.
BENA- '' South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, the US, Germany has made investment in Navoi free zone so far and Uzbekistan ready to make relationship between Navoi and Iranian free zones,'' said Ilham Akramov Uzbek Ambassador to Tehran.
''The volume of trade tie between Iran and Uzbekistan was about $ 39 million in 1999 when I started my duty as ambassador, but right now the amount has reached over $ 600 million,'' Akramov said.
Uzbekistan exported cotton, metals, oil derivations and wheat t o Iran and in return import construction materials, tile, ceramic, fresh fruit, nut, detergents, machinery from Iran, he stressed.
He also referred to activity of 120 joint Iranian- Uzbek companies in Uzbekistan and added that, agreement was inked among Uzbekistan, Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan and Qatar in a bid to develop transit Uzbek products via Iran to Oman and Qatar.