Registration of Cars Owned by Iranians Abroad Hinges on Industry Ministry Valuation

Iran Customs announced that the submission of customs declarations for vehicles owned by Iranians residing abroad, for registration, will be suspended until the value of these vehicles is determined by the relevant working group.

Iran Customs announced: Sending customs declarations of cars of Iranians living abroad for numbering will be stopped until the value of these cars is determined by the relevant working group.

Ambassador Arjan-Economic Group: In a circular to executive customs, the Iranian customs made the sending of customs declarations for the numbering of the cars of Iranians living abroad by Rahor Faraja subject to their valuation by Samat.

Abdol Majid Dehghanian, Deputy Director of Customs Affairs of Iran Customs, in a circular to the executive customs, informed the executive customs to send the customs declaration to change the number plate until the completion of the valuation process of the cars of Iranians living abroad.

Previously, Farood Asgari, Deputy Minister of Economy and Head of Iranian Customs, sent a letter to the Deputy Minister of Industries and Machinery of the Ministry of Security on 25 August this year, in which he raised the issue of how to value and clear cars owned by Iranians living abroad.

In a letter he sent to the customs office on the 13th of Mehr, the deputy minister of Samat stated: The issue of valuation of Iranians living abroad is on the agenda of the working group on the issue of note 6 of the car law, and the process of determining the value of this car will be completed within the next month.

It is also stated in the letter of the Deputy Minister of Security to the Deputy Minister of Economy: The sending of the customs declaration information of the cars of Iranians living abroad for numbering will be subject to the determination of the value of the cars by the working group of Note 6 of the Automobile Law.

In this circular, the Deputy Director of Customs Affairs of Iran Customs has announced to the Executive Customs to refrain from sending customs declaration information for numbering until the vehicle value is determined by the valuation working group and the value of the cars is finalized, creating identifiers for these vehicles in the Value Information Bank (TSC) and collecting import duties and value added tax and related duties based on the issued identifiers.

Therefore, sending the customs declaration will be done after determining the value of the imported cars of Iranians living abroad by the relevant working group.

The national license plate of free zone vehicles was notified by the Cabinet of Ministers to the relevant institutions, according to which, national numbering and import to the mainland are allowed for vehicles that were allowed to travel in commercial-industrial and special economic free zones before the notification of this regulation.

The Consulate General of Iran in Dubai announced: the car transfer section of the carnation system has been temporarily disabled due to the update and it is not possible to receive the tracking code at the moment.

The director general of the customs import office announced the possibility of converting cars in free zones to national license plates with a 20% discount. According to this decision, the owners of eligible cars can follow the nationalization process of their cars by using the determined discount.