Export and import regulations

The regulations for the export and import of goods and the provision of related services to all exporters, importers, as well as those whose names are required to be included in the law are determined by this law and all contrary laws are canceled.

The regulations for the export and import of goods and the provision of related services to all exporters, importers, as well as those whose names are required to be included in the law are determined by this law and all contrary laws are canceled.

Export and import goods are divided into 3 groups:

Authorized product: It is a product whose export or import does not require obtaining a license in accordance with the rules.
Conditional product: It is a product that can be exported or imported by obtaining a license.
Prohibited product: It is a product whose export or import is prohibited according to the holy law of Islam or according to the law.
The government can prohibit the export or import of some goods in compliance with the relevant laws. The type and specifications of the goods of each of the three mentioned cases will be determined based on the regulations prepared by the Ministry of Commerce and approved by the Council of Ministers. The criterion of commerciality of the goods and the manner of issuing, renewing and revoking the commercial card will be according to the executive regulations that will be approved by the Board of Ministers. The Ministry of Commerce is obliged to prepare general changes to the executive regulations of this law and the tables attached to the export and import regulations before the end of each year to be sent to the next, and their specific changes during the year, after seeking opinions from the relevant institutions and the chamber, while regularizing the school fees, and then Publish the approval of the Cabinet for public information.

Article number: 1

Full explanation: The regulations for the export and import of goods and the provision of related services to all exporters, importers, as well as those whose inclusion in the law requires mentioning are determined according to this law, and all laws contrary to it are canceled.

Article number: 2

Full description: Export and import goods are divided into the following three groups:

1- Authorized product: It is a product whose export or import does not require obtaining a license in compliance with the rules.

2- Conditional product: It is a product whose export or import is possible by obtaining a license.

3- Prohibited product: It is a product whose export or import is prohibited according to the holy law of Islam (on the basis of purchase, sale or consumption) or according to the law.

Article number: 3

Full explanation: Exporting and importing goods in a commercial way requires having a merchant card, which is issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines of Iran and is approved by the Ministry of Commerce.

Article number: 4

Full explanation: The Ministry of Commerce is obliged to make general changes to the executive regulations of this law and the annexed tables of the export and import regulations before the end of each year, for the following year, and their specific changes during the year, after the opinion of the relevant institutions and the Chamber of Commerce. Prepare the acquired rights and publish it for public information after the approval of the Council of Ministers.

Article number: 5

Full explanation: All the production ministries are obliged to announce their proposals to the Ministry of Commerce every year regarding the terms of export and import of similar domestically produced goods, according to the domestic needs and requirements of the country for the next year, no later than the 15th of February of the same year.

Article number: 6

Full description: The priority is to transport all the imported goods of the country with Iranian vehicles. The instructions related to the use of foreign vehicles, including sea, air, road and railway, are prepared by the High Council of Transportation Coordination of the country based on the regulations approved by the Council of Ministers.

Article number: 7

Full explanation: The government is obliged to allocate special places for the safe keeping of the goods needed for the repair and equipment of the commercial sea and air fleets of the country.

Article number: 8

Full explanation: importers of various goods, both governmental and non-governmental, must exclusively refer to the Ministry of Commerce to obtain an entry permit and place an order.

Article number: 9

Full details: The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Customs of Iran are obliged to send the statistics of the opened order registration and the clearance of the goods to the Ministry of Commerce and other related bodies and the Chamber at least once every three months.

Article number: 10

Full explanation: The government is obliged to specify the following points regarding border exchanges in the executive regulations:

1- The points or depths of the border margins whose residents are allowed to have border exchanges.

2- The type and amount of goods that can be exported and imported by the families of the frontiersmen or their cooperative companies, Iranian workers authorized to work abroad, sailors and shippers, sailors and workers of vessels that travel between the coasts of the Islamic Republic of Iran and other countries.

3- The conditions that the mentioned persons and groups must have.

4- Conditions for issuing and entering goods and fulfilling obligations.

Article number: 6

Full description: The priority is to transport all the imported goods of the country with Iranian vehicles. The instructions related to the use of foreign vehicles, including sea, air, road and railway, are prepared by the High Council of Transportation Coordination of the country based on the regulations approved by the Council of Ministers.

Article number: 7

Full explanation: The government is obliged to allocate special places for the safe keeping of the goods needed for the repair and equipment of the commercial sea and air fleets of the country.

Article number: 8

Full explanation: importers of various goods, both governmental and non-governmental, must exclusively refer to the Ministry of Commerce to obtain an entry permit and place an order.

Article number: 9

Full details: The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Customs of Iran are obliged to send the statistics of the opened order registration and the clearance of the goods to the Ministry of Commerce and other related bodies and the Chamber at least once every three months.

Article number: 10

Full explanation: The government is obliged to specify the following points regarding border exchanges in the executive regulations:

1- The points or depths of the border margins whose residents are allowed to have border exchanges.

2- The type and amount of goods that can be exported and imported by the families of the frontiersmen or their cooperative companies, Iranian workers authorized to work abroad, sailors and shippers, sailors and workers of vessels that travel between the coasts of the Islamic Republic of Iran and other countries.

3- The conditions that the mentioned persons and groups must have.

4- Conditions for issuing and entering goods and fulfilling obligations.

Article number: 16

Full explanation: How to check the price of imported goods for order registration is specified in the executive regulations that will be approved by the Council of Ministers.

Article number: 17

Full explanation: In addition to personal belongings, a traveler who enters the country can import goods up to the limit approved by the Council of Ministers with exemption from customs duties and commercial interest.

Article number: 18

Full explanation: It is prohibited to levy and collect any kind of duties on export items and goods by the provincial and local authorities and the perpetrators will be prosecuted as a legal violation.

Article number: 19

Full explanation: Every year, the government can pay funds to the exporters under the title of export promotion in the annual budget and in the form of interest aid for the facilities paid according to the proposal of the Ministry of Commerce and the approval of the Council of Ministers.

Article number: 20

Full details: Since the beginning of 2013, the government is obliged to pay one percent (1%) of the total funds received for customs duties and commercial profit from all imported goods, in addition to customs duties and profit, from importers of non-governmental sectors who import goods commercially. The prescribed merchant should receive special duties and deposit them into the country’s general revenue account. Every year, equivalent to one hundred percent (100%) of the sums that are deposited into the country’s general income account, from the credit that is provided for this purpose in the budget law every year, with the approval of the board of ministers, is at the disposal of the relevant executive bodies. will take to promote and develop the export of non-oil goods as well as the establishment of an export guarantee fund, education and commercial advertising based on the executive regulations of this law.

Article number: 21

Full explanation: In order to support domestic producers and regulate the trade policy of the country, while taking into account the situation of consumers, within 2 months from the date of approval of this law, the Board of Ministers is obliged to prepare a legal bill on customs duties for imported goods and also to amend Article 37 of the Law on Customs Affairs. and submit it to the Islamic Council for approval.

Article number: 22

Full explanation: The Ministry of Commerce is obliged to prevent the exportation of export carpets from 30 rows and above without a birth certificate in order to preserve and maintain Iranian carpets and to create a suitable environment for its support in the world markets. Chambers of Commerce and Industries and Mines will issue birth certificates compulsorily and until the said date, based on the issuer’s request, as an incentive from the above date.

Article number: 23

Full explanation: The Ministry of Commerce is obliged to take action on the preparation of its executive regulations within one month from the date of promulgation of this law and have it approved by the Council of Ministers.

Article number: 24

Full explanation: The Ministry of Commerce is responsible for the proper implementation of this law and its executive regulations.

The above law, consisting of twenty-four articles and twenty-five notes, was approved by the Islamic Council in the public meeting on Sunday, the fourth of Mehr, one thousand three hundred and seventy-two, and was approved by the Guardian Council on 7/11/1372.