News in Brief
Customs generates over $1.5b in five months
In the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2024), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) collected over $1.5 billion (907.11 billion rials) in revenues, depositing them into the National Treasury.
According to ISNA, this registered a 40% increase compared to the same period last year.
Based on the Customs report, the collected import duties on goods in the first five months of this calendar year increased by 67% to over $594 million (353.72 billion rials) compared to the same period last year.
Additionally, the collected import duties on goods, cars, mobile phones above $600, and industrial, mining, and agricultural equipment, along with 22 other sources of customs revenue, reached $876 million (521.79 billion rials) in the first five months of this year, indicating a 78% growth compared to the same period last year.
Furthermore, the report states that the value-added tax collected by the IRICA in the first five months of the Iranian year 1403 amounted to $647 million (385.32 billion rials), representing a 9% increase.
Oil, non-oil exports from Bandar Anzali up 46%
TASNIM – Oil and non-oil exports from Bandar Anzali port complex in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2024) rose by about 46%, an official at Ports and Maritime Organization in Iran’s Gilan Province said.
Mojtaba Nazari noted that more than 854,000 tons of goods were loaded and unloaded at Bandar Anzali Port Complex from March 21 to August 22, 2024, showing a 46 percent growth compared to the same period last year.
He added that more than 216,000 tons of the oil and non-oil products were exported to the Caspian Sea littoral states.
He went on to say that 2,357 containers (TEU) were loaded and unloaded at Bandar Anzali Port Complex and that 294 vessels entered the port complex in this period.