The flour industry of the country produces for twice the domestic demand of the country

Ali Akbar Mehrfar, Iran’s Deputy
Minister of Agriculture, spoke about agreements and joint initiatives with the
Russian Federation. He also commended the participation of Tehran and Moscow in
agriculture and industry.

Ali Akbar Mehrfar said about this
memorandum. About a year and a half ago, Russia and Kazakhstan had talks about
wheat with us. In Iran, given the plans that have been made, wheat production
is in a way that meets the domestic needs of the country. But we had talks with
Russia and Kazakhstan that we could use each other’s capacities for other
countries in the world, including that we have a strong infrastructure in the
flour industry in Iran, which, in addition to modernity, produces for twice the
domestic demand of the country, and our region has about 5 million flour
trades. It was supposed that, according to Iran’s laws (temporary admission),
we would import wheat into flour and export it. In this regard, Iranian
companies, Russians and Kazakhs can partner with each other and even form
partnerships. In the meantime, the Kazakhs were more inclined to use the
logistics and transit of Iran to deliver goods to the customer.

This started about a year ago, there
were many talks in Moscow, Tehran, Astane and even in other countries, until we
agreed on drafting this document for about two months in Tehran and we hope it
will be useful for the trade development of the three countries.

He said that the volume of wheat and
flour should be determined by the private sector, which means that we have
prepared a field for the private companies of all three countries to come from
and declare it. However, public corporations can also use this field if they
wish, but most of this activity will be privately owned. For example, in Iran,
the factories are in the hands of the private sector. But in Iran, Russia and
Kazakhstan there is a state-owned corporation that can participate in this
process, but the doors are open to the private sector and will over time grow
and volume will rise.