Industry Ministry Expands Personal FX Import Quota to 3,414 Tariff Lines
Aug 8, 2026
According to Boursenews, in a report published Saturday, August 8, 2026 (17 Mordad 1405), Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade made the personal foreign exchange quota known as self and others deposit available for 3,414 tariff codes. The report said the list mainly covers raw materials and intermediate goods needed by manufacturers, including inputs for the food and agriculture industry, chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceutical and hygiene raw materials, textiles and fibers, base metals and steel, aluminum and copper products, and industrial and electrical parts, equipment and machinery. The stated goal of the move is to ease the supply of inputs needed by domestic production and industrial units through this channel.
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