Mobile imports into Iran down 8% in H1 calendar year
Iran’s customs office (IRICA) has reported a decline in the imports of mobile phones into the country in the first half of the calendar year that started in late March.
IRICA figures released on Tuesday showed that Iran had imported more than 5.4 mobile phones worth $1.225 billion in the six months to September 21, down 16% and 8% in volume and value terms, respectively, compared to the same period last year.
The figures showed that phones imported and registered by passengers accounted for nearly $90 million worth of the total shipments in the six months to late September, down 41% year on year.
The drop in phone imports into Iran come as the country has maintained a ban on the registration of the new models of phones produced by the US company Apple Inc.
The ban was imposed last year as part of the Iranian government’s policy to control hard currency spending at a time the country is facing a unilateral regime of US sanctions.
However, recent media reports in Iran have suggested that a new administration appointed in mid-summer is mulling to reverse the ban on Apple phone.
IRICA chief Mohammad Rezvanifar said in May that the government would impose a tariff of 96% on the imports of Apple phones if the current ban is lifted.
That comes as Iran’s trade ministry announced later that month that it had started imposing the tariff while insisting that the ban on registration of new models of Apple phones would remain in place.
IRICA currently charges a tariff of 28% on other mobile phone brands that are priced above $600.
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