In today's news, we will cover some business points and then review what happened in Arad this week.
Business Insights
🚢 Transportation has documents that differ from the cargo documents, and its contents will vary depending on the type of transportation:
- Certificate Of Origin
This document shows where the product is produced and where it is sent and if a shipment is exported to a country with a free trade agreement between the two countries, this document shows that the shipment qualifies for tax and duty reduction.
- Export License
For the export of goods that are prohibited from being sent abroad, such as liquids, chemicals, medicines, etc., a special export license must be obtained for leaving the country.
- Packing List
A detailed document of cargo information provided to the transportation company to ensure proper loading, transportation, and unloading of the goods without damage.
✔️ Umm Qasr Port is one of the largest and most active ports located in southern Iraq and part of the Basra province, which leads to the waters of the Persian Gulf and handles the maritime exchange of goods between Iran and Iraq through this port.
🚗 Various items, including cars and second-hand goods from countries near Persian Gulf enter Iraq through this port.
♨️ Iranian barberry is one of the best agricultural products for export.
🔗 This colorful, sour, and tasty fruit has been in high demand worldwide, with the United States being the largest importer of Iranian barberry in the world.
🟢 Registration with the General Administration of Customs China and obtaining a GACC number is mandatory for producers outside of China who wish to sell their food products in China, as well as for exporters who wish to export goods to the Chinese market.
💡 The validity period of the GACC number is five years and is mandatory for products such as meat, fish, seafood, dairy products, eggs, honey, nuts or dried fruits, as well as beverages.
📑 Also, when issuing LOI, Chinese buyers ask for your GACC number.
💢 Only 50% of the population of the Congo have access to clean drinking water, and many organizations, including the private sector, are working to solve this problem.
🌀 As a result, water treatment raw materials such as aluminum sulfate, calcium hydroxide, and calcium chloride are in high demand in the country.
🔰 In the Djibouti Free Zone, it is possible to rent warehouses, containers, or yards for product distribution, providing many international companies with access to the African market in this way.
💲 For example, the rental cost for each square meter of open yards is $18, mostly used for products like rebar, and the warehouse rental cost is approximately $25.
➕ The seller pays the rental and usage costs for services such as electricity and forklift until the goods are sold, ultimately adding these costs to the product price.
❌ Having an SGS certificate is mandatory for sending food items to Kenya.
🔖 This certificate, also issued in Iran, is related to the inspection and approval of goods.
📄 With this certificate and obtaining approval from the Kenyan embassy, it is possible to export food items to Kenya.
🔶 Copersucar is the world's largest producer and most important exporter of sugar, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
🔷 Additionally, with a capacity of more than 10 billion liters, it is the world's largest producer, seller, and exporter of ethanol.
🔆 Kenya is a very suitable market for the supply of Iranian plastic products and raw materials.
📌 This country only produces one percent of its required plastic products and currently sources the rest from five countries: China, Saudi Arabia, India, the United Arab Emirates, and South Korea.
🖇 Customs tariffs for plastic raw materials are mostly zero percent, while for plastic products, it is mostly 25 percent.
📍 One of the criteria for visa categorization is the number of entries to the desired country.
🧰 The only visa that allows the applicant to enter and exit the country repeatedly without restriction and the need for renewal during the visa's validity period is the multiple-entry visa.
Visual magazine on February 5
Mr. Shabani's meeting with agency managers
Mr. Shabani's meeting with the business support unit
Mr. Ghorbani's meeting with international negotiators
Reza Davoodi, producer of polyethylene pipes
Mr. Ghadimi manufacturer of seat covers
Mr. Jafari, representative of Aradi businessman from Romania
Seyed Mustafa Sajjadi and Hassan Zamanian active in the field of meat
Mr. Elvin, active in the field of disposable dishes from Azerbaijan
Mr. Elvin from Azerbaijan in the factory of disposable plastic containers