Anzali, Gilan Prov, April 16, IRNA � President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday said Iran should increase its non-oil exports due to the huge potentials of its Free Trade Zones.

The President made the remarks on the sidelines of a visit to the Anzali Free Trade-Industrial Zone and the Caspian Port in this northern provincial city.

President Rouhani arrived in Gilan Province on Wednesday along with a number of his cabinet members on a provincial visit.

'Free trade and industrial zones should be turned into big economic hubs,' President Rouhani told reporters stressing that the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) has to be a time for economic boom.

He said that Anzali Free Trade-Industrial Zone gave a significant status to the Province of Gilan.

The Anzali FTZ is a hub for exports and imports of goods between Iran and the Caspian Sea littoral states, Turkey, the countries in the Persian Gulf region and the Southeast Asian states.

By IRNA