Iran Press/Iran news: Iran Press/Iran news: "53 billion mineral reserves have been discovered in the country so far. 11,000 mines are licensed and up to 500 million tons of minerals have been extracted, which were in the fields of metal and non-metal mines building and decorative stones."
He went on saying: "The ministry has a significant share in the country's economy, about 40 to 45 percent of GDP, more than 33 percent of employment and 75 percent of non-oil exports belong to this ministry."
Pointing out that the Coronavirus has influenced more than 33% of the world's trade, the Minister said: "The first part of our programs is the jump in production based on domestic capacity, the second part is to finalize unfinished projects, and the third part is export development and import control," adding that "Our focus on non-oil exports is on 15 neighboring countries, and we are looking to boost trade and exports to China and India, while 60 percent of our exports go to 15 neighboring countries.
"In the area of imports, essential goods and raw materials of factories and manufacturing enterprises were decided to be the only items that should be imported", according to Modarres Khiabani.
"We had non-oil exports to neighboring countries, and exported to Afghanistan more than twice as much as for the same period last year," the MP reiterated. 212/ 104
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