Basic Goods
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Majlis Sets $8b Subsidy Cap for Importing Basic Goods
EghtesadOnline: The Majlis on Monday restricted the government’s ability to use subsidized foreign currency for importing basic goods in the next fiscal year that begins in March.
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$6.2 Billion in Subsidized Forex for Basic Goods
EghtesadOnline: Despite restrictions resulting from US sanctions, the Central Bank of Iran provided $6.214 billion in subsidized foreign currency to import essential goods over seven months ending…
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Subsidized Forex Maintained in Iran's 2020-21 Budget
EghtesadOnline: Despite persistent calls by economic experts and academia on the government to scrap subsidized currency allocations, it appears that the controversial forex policy to pay for…
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Official Dismisses Rumors of Shortage of Basic Goods
EghtesadOnline: Chain stores are not suffering from a shortage of basic goods, but ungrounded rumors on the Internet have made people turn to overpurchasing, the deputy chairman of Chain Stores…