Clearance of Household Appliances Brought in via Malvani and Kolbari Routes Now Conditional on Standards Approval

The Iran National Standards Organization announced that clearance of imported household appliances via Malvani and Kolbari routes is contingent on product conformity assessment and receipt of standards and health approvals.

Iran's National Standards Organization announced that the clearance of imported home appliances from Malvani and Kolbari routes is subject to product conformity assessment and receiving standard and health approvals.

According to Mehr reporter, the National Standard Organization of Iran, in a letter to the Iran Home Appliance Industry Association, emphasized the necessity of preventing the supply of non-standard home appliances and declared that all goods subject to mandatory standards, including items imported from Malavi, Kolbari, and Pilayvari routes, must go through the conformity assessment process before clearance.

According to the announcement of this organization, all importers, including traders, production units and cross-border trade operators, are required to comply with standard rules and regulations. In this regard, after checking the compliance of the imported goods with the technical requirements, the general departments of standards of the provinces announce their final opinion to the executive customs. Also, the clearance of permitted goods in the framework of border trade requires compliance with relevant regulations and receiving legal approvals, including standard and health approvals.

This announcement is made while yesterday, Farzaneh Ansari, the head of Iran's National Standard Organization, in an interview with Mehr reporter, emphasized on the implementation of the rules and procedures set for the import of goods through Malvani and Kolbari. He announced that these instructions are being implemented, especially in the northern and western borders of the country.

Details of the letter of the National Standard Organization

In the letter of the National Standard Organization of Iran addressed to the Iranian Home Appliance Industries Association, in response to the letter number 050715/262 dated 07/15/1405 and the content raised about the necessity of preventing the supply of non-standard home appliances that sometimes enter the country through the procedures of seamanship, cobbler and cocooning, four main axes have been explained.

According to the first paragraph of this letter, the import of all household items is subject to mandatory standard regulations, and it is necessary to evaluate the conformity of these goods at the entry points of the country.

In the second paragraph, it is emphasized that the conformity assessment of imported goods subject to the mandatory standard is carried out in accordance with the "executive method of assessing the conformity of imported goods" document number 152/230/R. This instruction is based on the upstream laws and regulations, including the law on strengthening and developing the standard system, the law on export and import regulations and its executive regulations, the law on customs affairs and the law on combating goods and currency smuggling, and its implementation is mandatory.

Based on this, all importers, including traders, production units and operators of the border procedures of seafaring, colbari and pilayvari, are obliged to comply with the requirements and procedures. Also, after checking the compliance of the goods with the technical requirements, the general departments of the provinces will announce their final opinion to the executive customs.

The third paragraph of the letter is dedicated to how to assess the conformity of imported goods in the framework of border trade. According to this paragraph and in line with the implementation of Article 12 of the approvals of the fifth meeting of the working group on the subject of Article 4 of the law on organizing and supervising border trade (colbari and sailors) and creating sustainable employment for border dwellers, approved on March 27, 1403, the evaluation of these goods is carried out based on the mentioned executive instructions, the support packages notified by the organization and the relevant specific guidelines. Accordingly, obtaining legal approvals, especially standard and health approvals, is mandatory for the clearance of permitted items.

Examining the incomplete referral of customs declarations

In the final part of the letter, the National Standard Organization of Iran has mentioned the reports of some organizations and merchants about the complete failure to refer the customs declarations related to goods imported from border routes to this organization. According to these reports, in some cases, only part of the product lines have been referred to the National Standard Organization for review.

This organization has announced that the issue will be referred to the Customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran for technical review and appropriate decision, and the results of the review will be announced to relevant authorities after receiving them.