Economic activists in the field of food and edible industries in Kermanshah met with the head of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industries Office.

Dariush Panahi mentioned Kermanshah as a province with considerable capacity in Iran, which has great trade and export potentials due to its proximity to Iraq.

The Secretary General of Kermanshah Chamber listed dairy, food, oil, tomato paste, canned food, petrochemical, flour, cement, etc. as capacities of Kermanshah and stated: There are rich capacities, especially in the field of rocks and bitumen in the province in the field of mineral industries and mine reserves. He noted there is a readiness to expand the two countries exchanges through the barter with regard to the restrictions on the currency transfer.

Heshamuddin Aspar, head of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industries Office, also mentioned Iran as one of Malaysia's important trading partners in the field of import and export.

Stating that Malaysia is an exporter of palm oil, some agricultural products, wood, MDF, etc. into Iran, he noted that many products in the agricultural, petrochemical, and even oil products were exported into Malaysia from Iran in the past so that Malaysia has established some of its oil refineries according to the Iranian oil standard. 

The head of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industries Office mentioned this country as an East Asian hub and continued: Iran also has the potential to be a Central Asian hub.