Tehran, Iran, Sept. 28
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In an attempt to help address truckers’ needs and avoid serious disruptions in the key transportation sector, the government will soon distribute tires among drivers of heavy-duty vehicles, Iran's Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abdolhashem Hassannia said.
“The first consignment of tires will be distributed among truck drivers next week,” Hassannia told ILNA news agency on September 28.
The country’s transportation fleet needs 100,000 tires monthly and we have so far sold 130,000 tires to the truckers, he added.
In a similar interview with Mehr news agency, the senior Iranian official said, “1,300 containers carrying tires will arrive in the country in the next two weeks”.
Since US President Donald Trump’s pullout from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, many foreign suppliers of raw material for tire manufacturing suspended their collaboration with Iranian firms.
With the shortage in raw materials, tire production declined significantly causing shortages that compelled the government to take action.
To further ease imports, tires have been categorized as an “essential good” and are no longer subject to the 4 percent upfront payment for import duties.