Iran Auto Imports
Get the latest statistics about automotive import in Iran, along with the latest updates in import law
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June 13,2022Automotive experts believe car imports will not have a noticeable impact on Iran’s car industry, as the price of foreign cars will be much higher than that of domestic ones. They believe that the... -
May 16,2022After announcing the decision to lift the car import ban, the government is encouraging the import of more economical vehicles. "Under the new regulations, in addition to the top two deciles, car...
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March 12,2022An official believes that car import is the only solution for streamlining the current unfavorable condition in the automotive market, as he warned about the consequences of prolonging the import...
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March 05,2022The number of imported cars, which has been discussed intermittently by the Majlis Joint Commission as part of the fiscal 2022-23 budget bill, has been ratcheted up to 70,000. This issue has now...
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February 05,2022After the Majlis Joint Commission’s approval for importing 60,000 vehicles in the fiscal 2022-23 (starting March 21, 2022), media outlets are speculating about the models on the import list. Cars...
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January 19,2022The Majlis Budget Integration Commission has approved the import of 50,000 passenger cars and 10,000 heavy mining and road construction machinery in the next fiscal year (starting March 21, 2022...
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June 22,2019A two-year tussle between Iranian auto importers and government officials is coming to a close, with 7,500 imported vehicles receiving permits to hit the domestic roads. Secretary of Iran Auto...
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March 09,2019Pars Khodro, a subsidiary of Iranian car company SAIPA, reportedly presold 36,000 Renault cars which it now says it cannot deliver because the new US sanctions have disrupted the supply of parts....
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December 03,2018Informed sources say the ban on auto imports introduced in June by the government will be extended to the next fiscal year that begins in March. President Hassan Rouhani will present next years’s...
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September 26,2018Following the public outcry over illegal car imports often reported in the local media, the Majlis launched an inquiry the results of which were published on Tuesday. In short, the law-making body...
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August 13,2018Iranian auto importers, who had brought vehicles into the country when the open market forex rate was significantly lower than the current average of 95,000 rials per US dollar, need to slash the...
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July 25,2018In separate interviews, Iran’s deputy judiciary chief and the industries minister have delivered updates on an ongoing case in regard to illicit car imports, with the former announcing that four...
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July 18,2018Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani says they have questioned potential suspects in the case revolving around the alleged illegal release of imported vehicles from the customs warehouses...
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July 18,2018Automotive joint ventures between Iranian and subsidiaries of French automotive group PSA, Peugeot and Citroen, have announced that measures have been adopted so as to deliver the cars they earlier...
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July 14,2018Following a government directive barring imports of vehicles into Iran, authorities with Consumer and Producer Protection Organization have announced that pre-selling such vehicles is also banned...
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July 14,2018Imported auto parts have been languishing in customs warehouses as restrictive regulations have put the brakes on commodities getting clearance for entering the country, leading to a slide in Iran'...
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July 09,2018Iran's automotive import bill for the first quarter of the current fiscal which started on March 21 has been published, with the total value of the imported parts standing at $779 million and 7,043...
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June 25,2018Iranian car importers have run into an insurmountable brick wall, facing a total ban as per a directive signed on June 20 by the industries minister and officially announced two days later. In...
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June 16,2018In the face of mounting pressure from the hawkish US President Donald Trump on international firms to ditch their Iran operations, Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn says the company is committed to...
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June 09,2018Iranian automotive firm Arian Khodro Pars has brought several units of Geely cars into the country to be tested by Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran and the Ministry of...
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March 14,2018During the Cabinet meeting on Sunday, import tariffs for hybrid vehicles were once again amended after the government relented to mounting public pressure. Saeed Bastani, spokesman of Majlis...
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February 21,2018The government has finally allowed the clearance of imported cars rotting in the customs. It issued a long-awaited directive outlining conditions under which the cars can be released and says the...
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January 06,2018Auto imports during the nine months to Dec. 21 stood at about $2.9 billion indicating...
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January 01,2018After months of squabbling over shutting down the online auto import registration system...
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June 28,2017Last winter authorities in Tehran in an unexpected move...
