A leading Iranian economy official said Turkey and Iran have been in talks to increase the number of items in their preferential trade deal and the two sides will sign a free trade deal when these items hit 265.

�Our desire and goal is to reach a free trade deal,� said Iran�s commercial attach� in Turkey, Hamid Zadboom, in a joint meeting in Ankara, Anadolu Agency reported. Zadboom noted that Turkey imported $6.1 billion of goods from Iran last year and exported goods worth $3.7 billion last year. While Turkey�s exports to Iran soared in the first eight months of the year, its imports from Iran decreased, he added.

�Both the Iranian side and the Turkish side want to boost trade � If we want to boost our trade volume to $30 billion, we need to triple our commercial transactions. We need to make a great deal of efforts to achieve this goal,� Zadboom said.

By Financial Tribune