TEHRAN – Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister has said over 2,000 traders and businesspersons from various countries are expected to visit the 6th International Export Potential Exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran, dubbed Iran Expo 2024,

“High-ranking officials of 70 countries have been invited to visit the sixth exhibition of Iran’s export capabilities (Iran Expo 2024),” Abbas Aliabadi said.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on April 27 and run through May 1, 2024, the minister said.

Noting that the first edition of the Iran Expo was held in 2013, Aliabadi predicted that more than 2,000 foreign traders and merchants from various countries would partake in the latest edition of the exhibition.

This exhibition will cover seven major groups of commodities including food industries, agriculture and fisheries, handwoven carpets, handicrafts and tourism, medicine, medical equipment and chemical products, building industry, technical and engineering services, and also the petrochemical group, he stated.

Promoting trade and economic relations with other countries, booming production, propelling the business environment of the private sector to the international arena, and creating a new trade and economic discourse with various countries have been cited as the main aims of holding the exhibition.

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