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.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 13,000 tons of contraband worth 800 billion rials ($5.63 million) were destroyed in the 10 months to Jan. 20, according to the deputy head of the Organization for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran.

EghtesadOnline: Home appliances topped the list of confiscated commodities in the sixth month of the current Iranian year (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22).

EghtesadOnline: Close to 33.15 trillion rials ($245.55 million) worth of contraband goods were confiscated during the five months to Aug. 22, showing a 123% surge compared with the similar period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian home appliance market had a turnover of $3.3 billion in the last fiscal year (March 2018-19), the head of Home Appliance Sellers and Producers Union said.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 327 billion rials ($2.8 million) worth of contraband were confiscated by the Consumers and Producers Protection Organization and inspectors of the industries, mining and trade organizations of Iranian provinces during the fourth month of the current fiscal year (June 22-July 22).

EghtesadOnline: Close to 74.3 trillion rials ($526 million) worth of smuggled goods were confiscated in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), which shows a 73.1% surge in the value of seizures compared with the year before.

EghtesadOnline: Contraband worth 600 billion rials ($16.8 million) was confiscated during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 20, June 20), an 80% rise compared to the same period last year, director general of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, Masoud Karbasian was quoted by IRNA as saying.