TEHRAN- A sum of seven national and 65 international exhibitions are scheduled to start operation in the Iranian capital by the end of the current calendar year (March 20, 2017), ISNA news agency reported on Friday.

According to the latest timetable published by the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO), private and state-run firms have expressed their readiness to hold up the announced marketing and commerce exhibitions, among which it can be referred to the 10th International Iran Plast Exhibition, the 3rd LABEXPO, the 21st Iran International Oil, Gas, Refining, and Petrochemical Exhibition, the 16th Iran International Environment Exhibition, and etc.

Also, some 28 countries will host exclusive Iranian exhibitions in the current year, the TPO announced on Wednesday.

Iran has set a target of $77.5 billion in non-oil exports for the current year, according to Mojtaba Khosrotaj, the Iranian deputy industry, mining, and trade minister.

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