Iran free trade zones
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Int’l Credit Cards Enter Kish FTZ
EghtesadOnline: International credit cards have found their way to one of Iran’s free trade zones, offering a credit of up to $100,000 to Iranian businessmen, an official with the Kish Free Trade…
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Iran's CB Eases Foreign Banks’ Presence in FTZs
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran has agreed to significantly ease capital conditions based on which foreign banks will be able to establish a branch in the country's free trade zones,…
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SCI to Report FTZ Indices
EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran, the national statistical authority of the country affiliated to the Management and Planning Organization, will provide statistics on the economic…
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Iran FTZ Expansion Plans Clouded by Suspicion
EghtesadOnline: Some government officials and parliamentarians are unequivocal about expanding free trade zones.
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Free Zone Chief in Buoyant Mood
EghtesadOnline: An estimated 90,000 jobs have been created in Iran’s Free Trade Zones during the past four years, says the secretary of High Council of Free Zones, Morteza Bank.
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Unemployment Lowest in Free Trade Zones
EghtesadOnline: No one is jobless in Kish Free Trade Zone, the unemployment rate in Qeshm FTZ (about 6%) is half the country’s average and the number of jobless is very low in Aras FTZ, the secretary…
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34% Rise in Foreign Tourists to Iran FTZs
EghtesadOnline: More than 28,000 foreign tourists spent at least a night in Iranian free trade zones in the first seven months of the Iranian year (ended Oct. 22), marking a 34% growth compared…
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FTZs Earn $840m
EghtesadOnline: Exports from Iran’s seven free trade zones increased by 31% from $640 million two years ago to reach $840 million in the last Iranian year that ended on March 20, 2017, the deputy…
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Iran FTZs Attracted $3b Since 2013
EghtesadOnline: Some $3 billion worth of investments have been made in Iranian free trade zones since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013, Secretary of the High Council of Free…
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Imports Exceed Exports at Iranian FTZs
EghtesadOnline: About $1.4 billion worth of commodities were imported into Iranian free trade zones in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017). Exports from these zones stood at $813 million…
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CBI's Criteria for Foreign Banks in Free Trade Zones
EghtesadOnline: Since three years ago, the Central Bank of Iran has endeavored to simplify the process of establishing foreign banks in free trade zones in line with economic policies, the secretary-g…