Decision to Impose Duty on Date Exports Comes Under Fire

The decision to impose customs duty on date exports has been criticized by the head of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives' Agriculture and Food Industries Commission.
Arsalan Qasemi has voiced his strong criticism in letters sent to the head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, Hamid Zadboum, and Deputy Industries Minister Hossein Modarres Khiyabani, Mehr News Agency reported.
Exports of dates will be subject to customs duty from April 3 to May 20, TPO had announced in a letter to the National Association of Iranian Dates last month. 
“The rate of the duty will be announced in the near future,” the association said.