This does it for me!:
Iran, UAE explore expansion of trade relations
Tehran, Feb 2, IRNA
Iran-UAE-Trade
Iran and UAE explored here Wednesday ways of expanding bilateral trade relations.
Iranian Commercial attache in UAE Qassem Mirzaie told IRNA that the meeting focused on expansion of trade ties between Iran's Mazandaran province and Dubai.
The meeting was attended by over 50 private and public officials of the Mazandaran province who discussed removing hurdles in expansion of investments and trade relations.
Mirzaie who is also the head of Iran Trade Center in Dubai said that the UAE official stressed that the Iran-UAE trade exchange which stood at dlrs 3.3 billion in 2005, should be increased through holding trade exhibitions.
Many companies from Mazandaran active in various areas including automobile parts manufacturing, carpets, tourism, plant and flower participated in an exclusive exhibition which opened Monday and completed work Wednesday.
Textiles, transportation-related equipment, electronic gadgets, fake jewelry, and precious stones are some of reexports by Dubai, he added.
He said the Iranian businessmen in the UAE should strive to correct the trade imbalance between the two Persian Gulf nations.
Mirzaie said that the figures indicate that the bilateral trade stood at close to dlrs eight billion in 2004.
The volume of UAE's imports from Iran does not correspond to our industrial and trade capabilities and potentials. "The Iranian industrialists and traders should put more efforts to turn the trade figures around," he underlined.
He also urged the Iranian entrepreneurs to channel their investments into Iran. He further called for cooperation of Iranian businessmen to confront goods smuggling to Iran.
Dubai reexports to Iran, which have ranked first in reexports from the emirate in the past 10 years, dropped in the 2004, the Dubai Customs Internet Site reported here last month.
"Iran's reexports from Dubai totaled 10.348 billion Dirhams and ranked second after India last year," it said.
In 2004, Dubai had over 80 percent of total non-oil foreign trade of United Arab Emirates.
According to unofficial reports, the values of Iran's imports from Dubai were more than dlrs 4 billion in 2002.
Iran opened its trade center in UAE in June with the presence of Iranian and UAE trade ministers. Several UAE and Iranian officials were also present at the centers' opening ceremonies.
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-18/0602025066004651.htm
wow you are amazing!!!!!
But Freepers will tell you there are NO terror ties to Dubai and they are allies in the WOT. Yup. Uh-huh. I'm buyin' that. *ramming tongue in cheek*
Jesus H. Thanks for the info. My head's spinning. I'm at a loss on Dubya's reasoning on this. I'm gonna go eat another chocolate covered donut, maybe that'll help.
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