$8bn increase in exports predicted for this year

Addressing a meeting of private institutions of Qazvin province, Sinaki said of the projected figure 1.5 billion dollars is related the mine sector and 6.5 billion dollars to the industry sector.

To attain this goal, he said, all financial problems and obstacles facing the production units should be lifted and new policies have to be adopted to improve the quality of domestically -made goods and find new markets for them.

Referring to the designation of this year as the 'Year of Support for Iranian Goods' by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he said the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade had some executive plans to materialize this year's motto with the first priority being given to utilization of capacities of all economic sectors.

while managing imports, the fight against smuggling of contraband goods should be pursued more seriously, the official said, expressing regret that the lion's share of low quality commodities consumed in Iran are smuggled into the country.
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