$1b Worth of Tobacco Products Imported in Four Years

The last four years saw imports of tobacco products worth nearly $1 billion, says spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, Rouhollah Latifi.
“Cigarette imports stood at $32.03 million in the year ending March 2017; $16.36 million in the year ending March 2018; $23,034 in the year ending March 2019 and $298 in the year ending March 2020,” Latifi was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency. 
“But the overall import of tobacco products stood at $238.79 million in the year ending March 2017; $210.9 million in the year ending March 2018; $214 million in the year ending March 2019 and $218.21 million in the year ending March 2020.”
Tobacco products worth $926.92 million were imported over the last four years, of which $48.41 million were cigarette imports, he added. 
Latest data from the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade say a total of 7.58 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the seven months to Oct. 21, indicating an 8.9% increase compared with the corresponding period of last year, Mehr News Agency reported.