Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 11
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Supposedly smuggled goods worth 63 trillion rials (about $1.5 billion) were seized in Iran in the nine months of this Iranian year (started March 21, 2018), according to preliminary information, Trend reports via Mehr news agency.
Compared to the same period last year, three main products that were supposedly smuggled during the reporting period are cars, household goods, cosmetic products and detergents.
Below is the table of supposedly smuggled goods that were seized in Iran:
|
Number |
Product |
Amount (9 months of last Iranian year, started March 21, 2017) |
Amount (9 months of this Iranian year, started March 21, 2018) |
Difference (%) |
|
1 |
Car (item) |
489 |
3,722 |
661.1 |
|
2 |
Household goods (item) |
8,402,744 |
15,559,319 |
85.2 |
|
3 |
Cosmetic products and detergents (item) |
39,907,881 |
28,768,796 |
-27.9 |
|
4 |
Spare parts (item) |
3,867,050 |
1,960,465 |
-49.3 |
|
5 |
Fabrics (square meters) |
6,491,356 |
9,649,135 |
48.6 |
|
6 |
Food products (kg) |
390,633,786 |
45,221,564 |
-88.6 |
|
7 |
Oil products (liter) |
30,864,519 |
64,417,165 |
109.9 |
|
8 |
Animal (head) |
177,465 |
223,911 |
26.2 |
|
9 |
Alcoholic beverages (bottle) |
1,807,597 |
1,137,542 |
-37.1 |
|
10 |
Mobile phone (item) |
153,542 |
150,822 |
-1.8 |
|
11 |
Rice (kg) |
13,830,598 |
17,266,566 |
24.8 |
|
12 |
Clothes (wholesale) |
11,459,141 |
5,526,630 |
-51.8 |
|
13 |
Cigarettes (item) |
659,013,210 |
470,542,138 |
-28.6 |
Devaluation in Iran last summer created a number of problems. Smuggling of products to other countries can be regarded as one of these problems.