Tehran, Iran, Aug 12
By Temkin Jafarov - Trend:
Over 100 mostly oil and gas companies from Iran will participate in an exhibitions in Ashgabat next Wednesday.
Iran's second oil, gas, petrochemical, construction, energy, water, electricity, and engineering service show in Ashgabat started on August 19.
"About 150 companies will take part in the Turkmenistan and some 130 will partake in the Azerbaijan show in September, Hassan Mortaja, CEO of trade company Pars Pegah Tejarat, which is launching the exhibitions, told Trend earlier.
In recent years, Iran has been trying to boost its services export.
A report by Iran Trade Development Organization says last Iranian fiscal year (which ended March 20) the country exported almost $12 billion in services.
The number had stood at $9.7 billion for the preceding year, which means last year Iran's service export jumped by 22 percent.