Exporters of stone subject to eighty percent tax
Head of Iranian Stone Association: In Iran, stone exporters are subject to 80% tax, which should be taken to support the stone exporters.
According to the International Stone Exhibition of Iran, Abolqasem Shafiei announced at the 9th Iranian Stone Exhibition Conference at noon today, that crude sale is now one of the problems in the stone industry in the country. And lends the precious and valuable capital of this sector to other countries with the lowest income and the most effort.
He added that in order to increase the earnings of the activists in this field, the raw materials should be stopped in the country and the product processing chain should be strengthened.
The head of the Iranian Stone Association stated: To this end, the development of export of Iranian stone should be planned and targeted, because Iranian stone is the first word in terms of quality and variety in the world and officials should carefully plan the export development space of this product. To provide.
Shafiei said: The high price of finished products is now one of the reasons that have prevented Iran from successfully joining the world market.
He added: In many countries, stone producers are subject to 100% tax exemption, while in our country stone exporters are subject to 80% tax and in this regard, measures and protections should be taken to support stone exporters.
President of Iranian Stone Association stated: Despite Iran's high capabilities in producing decorative stones, we are unfortunately seeing the import of decorative and construction stones from countries such as Turkey and China, which is a serious threat to the Iranian stone market.
Shafi'i said that the city is the center of Travertine's center in Iran and the world, saying it could not compete with Travertine if it came from Turkey.
He pointed out that the number of miners in the ornamental stone work is 2 thousand and two hundred, and in the other sections in iron ore etc. 5 thousand persons work.
The head of the Iranian Stone Association added: Iran possesses one hundred eighty million dollars with 1,950 mines and six thousand stone quarries, also of 14 million tons of stone production, total of 500,000 and 16,000 tons of exported stone which is about four It accounts for a percentage of total production.
* Tasnim
