TEHRAN - The 7th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Heads of Customs Administration (CHCA) kicks off in Tehran today, IRNA reported.

The meeting plans to focus on easing customs cooperation among ECO members including electronic data interchange, implementation of Transportation Trust Fund Authority (TTFA) and etc.
Last year, Eco members’ trade turnover was reported $845.247 billion and Iran ranked second in terms of foreign trade among the countries.
ECO is an intergovernmental regional organization established in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey for the purpose of promoting economic, technical and cultural cooperation among the member states.
In 1992, the organization was expanded to include seven new members, namely Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan.
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