The Ministry of Commerce of Iran was the main organ of the

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in charge of the regulation and implementation of policies applicable to domestic and

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. This includes: *implementing commercial strategies and regulations, *promoting exports, *development programs, *import and export regulations, *pricing of domestic commodities, * domestic and international trade fairs and exhibitions. The Ministry of Commerce was also in charge of managing the process of accession to the WTO.

Trade Promotion Organization

Th
Trade Promotion Organization
is affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce. It is in charge of promoting non-oil exports in Iran. It has close ties to the

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. Iran will increase its commercial attachés abroad from 11 to 30 in 2014.

Export Guarantee Fund of Iran

Affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce, th
Export Guarantee Fund of Iran
has been established in order to expand and promote exports, to protect exporters against non-commercial risks, which are normally not covered by the insurance companies, and to guarantee credits used for export of such goods and services.

The Organization for the Protection of Consumers and Producers

The Organization for the Protection of Consumers and Producers (OPCP) is affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce. The main functions of OPCP are: *protecting and promoting domestic production; *protecting consumers against unusual price fluctuations; *monitoring, adjusting and controlling the price of products and services;

The Government Trading Company (GTC)

The GTC
is affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce. The main objective of its establishment is to ensure

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in the country through procuring the basic commodities such as wheat, rice, raw sugar, raw oil, milk in powder, fertilizer, required by the public such as essential foodstuffs from domestic and foreign sources. Such commodities are distributed among consumers at subsidized prices. The activities of the GTC regarding the procurement of essential commodities are regulated by the statute "the Government Procurement Concerning the Supply of Basic Products and Foodstuffs Essential to the Public from Foreign Sources".

References

External links

Official WebsiteIran Code portal
(e-commerce and tax collection; affiliated to the MoC) {{Ministries of Iran Foreign trade of Iran Iran, Commerce 2011 disestablishments in Iran

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...

Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade (Iran)