TEHRAN - Iran currently has 56 trade centers active in 35 different countries around the world, an official with the country’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced.

“For example, we have five business centers in Iraq, four in China, one center in Pakistan, two centers in India, and 13 trade centers in Africa,” Mohammad-Sadegh Ghanadzadeh told IRIB.

These centers are run by the private sector and act as a platform for the representatives of this sector, and the freedom of action of business operators in these centers is greater than that of commercial attaches, the official explained.

These centers provide a set of consulting services and conduct financial transfers under contracts with traders which will help increase efficiency and facilitate business activities, according to Ghanadzadeh.

Earlier this year, TPO issued licenses for opening nine new trade centers in various countries.

The new trade centers would be established in Iraq’s Basra and Mosul, India’s Mumbai, Kazakhstan's Almaty, China’s Tianjin, Vietnam’s Hanoi, Thailand’s Bangkok, and Oman’s Muscat.

Iran also has five trade centers in Russia, three ones in Syria, and some other trade centers in Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Poland, the UAE, and other trade partners, according to a TPO report published earlier this year.

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