How much do we buy handicrafts?
Handicrafts sales in Iran have grown by about 71 percent in 4 years. At first glance, this is excellent. But part of this growth is certainly due to price increases in different years. 289 million dollars of handicrafts were exported abroad in 1397 (2018/19), which is close to 2 times the value of the domestic market (the 10-thousand-toman dollar).
Iran, with 299 recognized handicraft items, ranks first in the world in the diversity of handicrafts. Taking into account the 24 million families living in Iran, per-capita handicrafts purchases in Iran are close to 70 thousand tomans per family in 1397 (2018/19).
Iran's handicrafts are offered in stores in various cities, on websites, at temporary bazaars, and also at the National Handicrafts Exhibition. The National Handicrafts Exhibition was held every year until before the coronavirus outbreak, and recently a virtual version of it has also begun operating.
The slogan of the 1397 (2018/19) exhibition was also "I buy handicrafts." So do not forget to buy handicrafts!
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian