Iran's 1405 budget forecasts 346 trillion tomans of revenue from car import duties

According to the Donya e Eqtesad newspaper in its edition of Saturday 1 August 2026 (10 Mordad 1405), Iran's 1405 budget documents forecast revenue of 346,000 billion tomans from car import duties. Last year, despite the entry of about 67,000 vehicles, the government's forecast revenue from this source was not fully realised.

Mohammad Atabak, the minister of industry, mine and trade, said a few days ago, in remarks published by the ministry, that some special permits have been issued for the entry of foreign cars, mainly to secure the government's forecast revenue from import duties and customs tariffs on luxury and special vehicles. In the same remarks he stressed that the main share of the ministry's programmes is directed at importing economy cars to regulate the market and meet the needs of the general public.

Donya e Eqtesad examined those remarks alongside the heavy tariffs and the exchange rate used as the basis for imports, and wrote that this raises the question of whether revenue objectives now carry more weight in car import policy than they did in the past.