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Contraband Worth Over $320m Seized Last Year

EghtesadOnline: About 54 trillion rials ($329 million) worth of contraband goods were confiscated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration and other organizations fighting smuggling, including the Law Enforcement Force (police) during the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), according to IRICA’s spokesman.
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Publish Date: 06/April/2020 | 22:58

Cigarette Smuggling Declines

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade estimates that 8.67 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the nine months to Dec. 21, 2019, indicating a 43.5% decline compared with the figure estimated for the similar period of the year before.
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Publish Date: 08/February/2020 | 11:40

Chinese Fishing Trawler Seized in Southeast Waters

EghtesadOnline: A Chinese fishing trawler smuggling 50 tons of lanternfish (or myctophids) worth 20 billion rials ($148,698) was seized in the southeastern port of Jask, Hormozgan Province, on the Makran Coast.
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Publish Date: 08/February/2020 | 11:39

18% Decline in Apparel Smuggling

EghtesadOnline: About $1.8 billion worth of apparel were smuggled into Iran during the last fiscal year (March 2018-19) to register an 18.2% decline compared to the previous year's $2.2 billion, the industries minister said.
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Publish Date: 22/January/2020 | 10:54

Cigarette Smuggling Down 43%

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade estimates that 8.16 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the eight months ending Nov. 21, indicating a 43% decline compared with last year’s similar period.
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Publish Date: 15/January/2020 | 11:15

IRICA: Gold, Forex Imports Not Smuggling

EghtesadOnline: The import of foreign currency does not amount to smuggling and their import, as well as those of gold, is permitted without restriction, a directive issued to all customs offices across the country by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration on Tuesday reads.
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Publish Date: 23/September/2018 | 13:17

SCI, HQ to Combat Smuggling Sign MoU

EghtesadOnline: A memorandum of understanding was sighed between the Statistical Center of Iran and the Headquarters to Combat Smuggling of Goods and Foreign Exchange on Tuesday. The MoU was signed by the head of SCI, Omid Ali Parsa, and the head of the Headquarters to Combat Smuggling, Ali Moayyedi Khorramabadi, ILNA reported.
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Publish Date: 11/August/2018 | 07:45

Anti-Smuggling Drive to Promote Trade

EghtesadOnline: Trade between Oman and Iran dates back millennia, according to Marc Valeri, a political scientist and expert on Persian Gulf countries.
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Publish Date: 01/October/2016 | 20:48

Iran’s Apparel Market Worth $9 Billion, Smuggling Rife

EghtesadOnline: Estimates on the volume of smuggling in the Iranian market vary, but the Apparel Union says $1.5 billion worth of contraband clothing entered Iran during March 21-Oct. 22.
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Publish Date: 12/December/2022 | 22:13

Iran’s Apparel Market Worth $9 Billion, Smuggling Rife

EghtesadOnline: Estimates on the volume of smuggling in the Iranian market vary, but the Apparel Union says $1.5 billion worth of contraband clothing entered Iran during March 21-Oct. 22.
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Publish Date: 12/December/2022 | 22:13

Decline in Cigarette Smuggling, Exports

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade estimates that 9.07 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the 10 months to Jan. 20 to register a 45% decline compared with the similar period of the year before.
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Publish Date: 01/March/2020 | 11:26

Fuel Smuggling in Iran: A Strange Narrative

EghtesadOnline: The Tehran government’s protestations about fuel smuggling from the eastern and southern borders have become a permanent feature. So has the inability and unwillingness of those in charge to put an end to this wholesale corruption inflicting colossal economic loss for too many years.
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Publish Date: 24/December/2019 | 24:49

Iran: Gasoline Rationing Did Not Eliminate Smuggling

EghtesadOnline: Rationing gasoline and raising pump prices by 200% that started on Nov. 15 will have no substantial effect on curbing fuel smuggling, says a deputy chief of the Goods and Foreign Exchange Anti-Smuggling Headquarters.
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Publish Date: 15/December/2019 | 13:12

Iran: Cigarette Smuggling Halved

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade estimates that 6.9 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), indicating a 53.2% decline compared with the figure estimated for last year’s similar period.
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Publish Date: 04/December/2019 | 08:33

Iran: Dual Pricing Can Help Boost Export, Combat Fuel Smuggling

EghtesadOnline: Reviving the gasoline rationing system with two rates can help curtail rampant smuggling and help boost exports, a board member of the Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Association said.
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Publish Date: 12/October/2019 | 13:16

Case Against Higher Fuel Prices in Iran

EghtesadOnline: Although most energy officials, namely Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, say that raising gasoline prices would be the last resort to fight rampant smuggling and curtail rising consumption, several senior economists disagree.
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Publish Date: 06/October/2019 | 13:58

Iran: Contraband Mobile Phones Create Turmoil in Market

EghtesadOnline: Following the launch of the Mobile Registry Scheme in December 2017, its legal loopholes have allowed opportunists to continue smuggling mobile phones into Iran.
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Publish Date: 28/September/2019 | 13:33

Economic Security Police Launch Anti-Smuggling Drive

EghtesadOnline: The Economic Security Police Department of the Islamic Republic of Iran Law Enforcement Force started anti-smuggling operations at nine sea border crossings, one air border and three land border crossings of the country on Monday.
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Publish Date: 11/September/2019 | 11:58