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HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT TRADE AGREEMENTS
1/24/03
Bilateral agreements between Iran and
Afghanistan:
Transit
•Afghanistan is to receive the right to use
port of Chabahar with 90 percent discount on post fees (except
for oil tankers)
•Afghanistan is to receive 50 percent discount
on warehousing and other charges (except for oil tankers)
•Afghanistan is to receive the right to use
all Iranian ports and roads for transit purposes
•Afghan vehicles and vessels operators to
receive road passes and the right to deliver via Iran
•Afghan vehicles and vessels to pay equivalent
fuel rate as Iranian vehicles and vessels
Commerce
•In case of dispute, Iran and Afghanistan
can submit to international arbitration
•Reciprocal visa agreement
•Iran to offer Afghan-made products to its
available markets
•Mutual bond to provide certificate of origin
on all products
Trilateral agreements between Iran, India
and Afghanistan:
Transit
•India to be allowed to transit without reservation
via Iran and Afghanistan
•Afghanistan to utilize all available avenues
to transit its products through Iran
•All discounts to Afghanistan in respect
to Chabahar apply to India as well
Transport
•Islamic Republic of Iran to build the Milak
bridge over Helmand river
•Iran to upgrade Chabahar-Milak road to international
standards
•Indian to build Zaranj-Delaram road (215
KM)
•India and Iran have signed an MoU to build
railroad from Chabahar to Iranian Central railway station
•Iran to extend its railway to port of Islam
Qaleh
Source: Ministry of Commerce, Kabul.
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