Latest Status on Car Imports by Iranians Abroad; New Registration Condition Announced

Iran Customs has halted the submission of customs declarations for vehicles of Iranians residing abroad for registration until the final value of these vehicles is determined. The decision followed the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade's announcement that the valuation process will be completed within one month.

In a circular to the 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.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Abdul Majid Dehghanian, Deputy Director of Customs Affairs of Iran Customs, in a circular issued to executive customs to send customs declarations to change license plates until the completion of the process of valuation of 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.

The meaning of customs circular to executive customs

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.