Iran has imported some 14.68 million cellphones worth $3.2 billion in the past calendar year to March 19, according to a recent report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
Iran has earmarked as much as Є13.6 billion at a preferential exchange rate for the imports of basic items.
Iran imported 19.24 metric tons (mt) of gold ingots worth $1.228 billion in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – December 21).
Iran imported 7.45 metric tons (mt) of gold ingots worth $475.59 million in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – September 22).
Iran’s imports of gold ingots will be exempted from tax payment as of October 23, according to a Monday announcement by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).
Iran’s five-month imports of gold ingots have surpassed 4.1 tons, according to the latest Iranian customs figures.
Around 1.3 million tons of rice were imported into Iran during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21), according to the head of Rice Importers Association.
Iran has approved a law that allows reducing tariffs on imports of raw material, parts and machinery needed in the Iranian manufacturing sector.
Iran has cut back on imports of grains amid rising inventories that have been boosted by a higher domestic crop, according to figures by Iran’s Government Trading Corporation (GTC).
New figures by the Iranian customs office (IRICA) show that rice imports into the country have reached new records amid government efforts to contain rampant prices of high-end domestic varieties of rice.