TEHRAN, Iran, Nov.25
Trend:
Judiciary has prevented the release of 400 containers carrying a German brand of home appliances to protect domestic production, said chief justice in Hormozgan Province.
"The reports issued by customs and Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps indicated that a company was importing home appliances from a German brand in 400 containers to Shahid Rajai customs at Bandar Abbas port," said Ali Salehi, Trend reports citing Mehr News Agency.
"The judiciary has prevented the release of the imported home appliances since they were on the import ban list," he added.
"In regards to reports of customs and Intelligence Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, judiciary officials prevented the release of this volume of foreign goods that have similar domestic versions to protect national industries and domestic production and creating job opportunities for Iranian workers and experts," Salehi pointed out.
"The release of this amount of foreign goods would have a damaging effect on national industries and production, therefore not even one container entered the country," he noted.
The chief justice of Hormozgan province has stated that the estimated value of these imported goods provided by the customs was €12 million.