Iran extends import order registration without currency transfer to 6 September 2026

The Export and Import Regulations Office of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization issued a circular to customs offices on Friday, 31 July 2026, extending the validity of import order registration without currency transfer to 15 Shahrivar 1405 (6 September 2026).

According to the text of the circular, the extension was made "in view of the continuation of the emergency conditions that have arisen and the need to expedite the declaration and clearance of goods," and in implementation of clause 51 of the package for hardening the national economy and civil defence under emergency conditions, adopted by the Supreme National Security Council on 1 March 2026. Its other basis is clause one of the 12 July 2026 decision of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade's currency working group.

The extension allows both new order registrations and the continuation of previously filed registrations without currency transfer, provided the goods have a warehouse receipt dated on or before 30 May 2026. The "import without currency transfer" mechanism lets an importer clear goods using its own foreign currency resources rather than an official allocation, a tool that, under constrained currency allocation, bears directly on the speed of customs clearance and on open market demand for foreign exchange.