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In compliance with the priority given to Iranian means of
transportation (whether sea, air, road, or railway transport) for
hauling imported goods, the High Council for the Coordination of
National Transportation shall approve the relevant guidelines taking
account of the following points, and shall communicate them to all
concerned organs for enforcement:
1.To design appropriate procedures in order to reduce the
administrative red tape, and employ economic means, with a view to
attracting merchandise owners to make greater use of the Iranian
fleet.
2. To provide facilities for the Iranian means of transportation.
Article 14
For the purpose of executing Article 7 of the Law on
Export-ImportRegulations, it shall be the duty of the Ports and
Shipping Organization, and the Civil Aviation Organization to
allocate, in coordination with Customs Administration, specific
premises for temporary storage of goods needed to repair and equip
commercial marine and aircraft fleet. Once every three months, the
Customs Administration shall convey to the Ministry of Commerce the
list of goods which have been delivered to these premises.
Article 15
Citizens of all border districts
of the country's provinces, except those inhabiting in the central
city of the border townships shall be subject to the border exchange
facilities by obtaining a border exchange card.
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Note 1
The townships of Lamerd and
Dashtistan, as well as the central districts of the provinces of
Sistan & Baluchistan, Hurmuzgan, Bushehr, and Khuzistan are subject
to this Article.
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Note 2
The border exchange card shall
be issued to the head of the household by the local Department of
Commerce, or in its absence, by the local sub governorship. The card
shall be issued in the month of Esfand of each year through the
month of Farvardin in the following year, and be valid for a period
of one year. The extension for a subsequent year of the border card
shall be subject to the completion of formalities laid down in this
Article.
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Note 3
If the size of any family
holding a border exchange card increases to more than 6 as a result
of a new birth, the newly born shall not be subject to the
facilities of the border exchange.
Article 16
Holders of the border exchange card may join the local cooperative
company formed by frontier zone inhabitants, by submitting their
card to the said company. Upon the receipt of the cards, the
cooperative company shall seal them on the place specified for the
purpose. The company shall make a list of sealed cards, and have it
certified by the local Department of Commerce, or the sub governor's
office. By producing the list, the cooperative company can conduct
border transactions equivalent to the total quotas of its members,
within the framework of the relevant regulations. Households whose
cards have not been sealed by the cooperative company, or who
decline to subscribe to the cooperative, or their place of residence
lacks such a company, may individually conduct border exchange
transactions within the bounds of their quotas, and without the
right to deputize a proxy.
Note 1. The value ceiling of goods importable by households residing
in border areas and their cooperative companies shall be three
hundred million dollars ($ 300000000) on annual basis. The
allocation of quotas out of this amount to individual provinces
eligible for border exchange facilities, shall be made by the
Committee indicated in Note 1 of Article 17 of this ordinance. .
Note 2. Similar to other juridical persons, cooperative companies of
border inhabitants may engage in the exportation and importation of
goods within the purview of general export-import regulations, and
regardless of border exchange regulations. Trade activities
indicated in this Note shall be in addition to the ceiling specified
in Note 1 of this Article.
Note 3. The Ministry of Cooperation shall be required to supervise
border cooperative companies in such a manner that their activities
do not obstruct productive employment in the relevant provinces.
Note 4. Under the guidance and supervision of the Ministry of
Cooperation, and with due regard to Article 25 of the law concerning
the cooperative sector of the Islamic Republic of Iran's economy, a
part of the profits derived from the export-import activities of
border cooperative companies shall be invested to create and develop
units that generate jobs in the geographical bounds of the
localities where these companies are based.
Article 17
Holders of the border exchange card, or their cooperative company
are authorized to export all permissible goods, and those allowed
for export under a "general approval", up to an annual value ceiling
of Rls. 1000,000 (one million) per person, with due regard to other
regulations. In return, they may import permissible goods up to the
same ceiling, without licenses provided for in the tables of the
Export- Import Regulations.
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Note 1
The list containing types and quantity of goods importable by border
inhabitants, and the amount of customs exemptions, and their
subsequent changes, shall be prepared by a committee set up under
the supervision of the Ministry of Commerce, and made up of the
Ministry of Cooperation and Ministry of Interior. The list shall be
promulgated after being approved by the majority of Ministers who
are members of the Economic Commission of the Council of Ministers,
with due regard to Article 19 of the internal by-laws of the
aforesaid Council.
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Note 2
Exchange security in respect of exports made by holders of the
border exchange card, or their cooperative company shall be
deposited with customs. Deadline for the entry of imports shall be 8
months from the date the exchange security has been deposited. In
cases where the imports are not entered within the prescribed period
of time, the Customs Administration shall be required to notify the
Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, of the non-
fulfillment of the obligation, with a view to taking legal action.
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Note 3
The exchange of goods by holders of the border exchange card, or
their cooperative company shall be subject to the following
conditions:
1. Goods imported should not be
manufactured or produced in countries with which transaction is
prohibited.
2. The exportation and
importation of all goods shall be subject to the observance of
human, animal, and plant health regulations, as well as those
concerning the atomic energy.
List of goods importable by
holders of the border exchange card, or the cooperative companies of
border inhabitants, the entry conditions and the amount of customs
exemption, subject of Note 1 of Article 17 above (the resolution N
0. 71704 / T 20525 K dated 03.03.98 (11.12.77) passed by the Council
of Ministers).
1. Rice, 50 kg per person/year,
with full exemption from customs duty and commercial benefit tax.
2. Edible vegetable oil (solid
and liquid), with due attention to the consumption deadline and the
relevant quality standard, 15 kg per person/year, with 50% exemption
from customs duty and commercial benefit tax.
3. Black tea, 2 kg per
person/year, with full exemption from customs duty and commercial
benefit tax.
4. Sugar (lump and granulated),
totally 20 kg, per person/year, with 50% exemption from customs duty
and commercial benefit tax.
5. Tamarind, 5 kg per
person/year, for eligible coastal localities only, with 50%
exemption from customs duty and commercial benefit tax.
6. Spices (including turmeric,
black paper, ginger, cardamom, clove, and cinnamon), totally 3 kg
per person/year, with 50% exemption from customs duty and commercial
benefit tax.
7. Manual, and fully industrial
sewing machine, one piece per 50 persons/year, with 50% exemption
from customs duty and commercial benefit tax.
8. Tea flask, one per 5
persons/year, with 30% exemption from customs duty and commercial
benefit tax,
9. Glass for tea flask, one
piece per 5 persons/year, with 30% exemption from customs duty and
commercial benefit tax.
10. Mantle lantern, one per 5
persons/year, with 20% exemption from customs duty and commercial
benefit tax.
11. Wind-proof lantern, one per
5 persons/year, with 50% exemption from customs duty and commercial
benefit tax.
12. Squared wood for eligible
coastal localities only, without any restrictions.
13. Teak wood for launch
building, without any restriction.
14. Engines, or parts thereof,
used for freight and fishing boats or launches, without any
restrictions. 15. Special nails used for launch building, without
any restriction.
16. Carpentery equipment and
tools, or parts thereof, used for launch building, without any
restriction. 17. Shark oil for use in launches, without any
restrictions.
18. Yam for weaving fishing net,
for annual consumption of persons engaged in fishing. 19. Loom for
weaving fishing net, for annual consumption of fishermen. 20. Gregor
wire for building fishing cages, without any restriction.
21. Fishing hooks for annual
consumption of fishermen, with due regard to the criteria of the
Fisheries Organization.
22. Electricity generators up to
20 kW, one generator per 20 persons/year, with 25% exemption form
customs duty and commercial benefit tax.
23. Environment-friendly
compressors for refrigerator and cooler, 1 piece per 10
persons/year, with 30% exemption from customs duty and commercial
benefit tax.
24.Agricultural machinery,
without any restriction.
25. Water desalination units,
without any restriction.
26. Agricultural water motors
(without pump ), or detached parts thereof, without any restriction.
27. Spare parts for agricultural
machinery, without any restriction.
28.Air conditioners, for the
Southern provinces, and Lamerd in Fars
province only, 1 unit per household/year, with 30% exemption from
customs duty and commercial benefit tax.
29.Various kinds of seeds of
tomato, eggplant, cucumber, onion, cabbage, and pepper, without any
restriction.
30.Various kinds of plant
pesticides, approved by the Plant Protection Organization, without
any restriction.
31. Wool shearing machines,
without any restriction.
32. Board of yew wood, without
restriction.
33. Various kinds of tailors'
scissors, pruning shears and wool shears without any restriction.
34. Mowing yarn, without any
restriction.
35.Parts for light- and
heavy-dutyvehicles and road building machinery (other than parts for
Paykan), without any restriction.
36.Cutting tools without any
restriction.
37. Jute fabric, l00 metres per
household/year.
38. Kitchen knives, 6 pieces per
household/year.
39. Hand-operated and electric
shaving machines, one piece per household/year.
40. Turkmen scarves, 3 pieces
per household/year.
41. Powder for photocopying
machines, without any restriction.
42. Raw cow hide, without any
restriction.
43. Desk-model calculators, one
per household/year.
44. Compasses and surveying
levels, without any restriction.
45. Unwrought glass for
spectacles, one piece per household/year.
46. Spectacle frames, one piece
per household.
47. Various kinds of black
seamless pipe, without any restriction.
Machinery, tools and primary materials unauthorized for
importation by Iranian workers employed abroad:
1.Sheet-fedprintingmachine
2. Printing machines forplastics
3. Automaticice-creammachines
4. Gold-foilprinting machines for binding
5. Balancing machines, repair shop type
6. Multitillers
7. Rototillers
8. Heat exchanger
9. Electric sewing machine, domestic type
10. Machines for making wooden doors
11. Wood turning machines
12. Miniloaders
13. Ditchers
14. Steam boilers, cast-iron boilers, heat exchangers, etc.
15. Drier for cereals, forage, and vegetables (stationary and
mobile)
16. Slaughterhouse ma(:hinery for livestock and poultry
17. Machinery and equipment for preparing livestock and poultry feed
18. Poultry incubators and
equipment
19. Forage harvesting machinery, including choppers, balers and
mowers
20. Self-propelledforagechoppers
21. Shakers, sorting an(l packaging equipment for fruits )
22. Processing machines ofvarioustypes
23. Motorpumpsand electropumps ofvarious
types
24. Air compressors and vacuum pumps of
various types
25. Pumps ofvarious types
26. Viscometer
27. Autoclaves ofvarious types
28. Percussion and hydraulic presses; shears
and guillotines ofvarious types
29. Briquetting presses; pipe and bar
benders and shears for bars
30. Leather dressing and finishing machinery
31. Sandblasting and shotblasting machines
32. Sausage stuffmgmachinery
33. Industrial laundry machines ofvarious
types
34. Shrinkwrap equipment
35. Three-phase electromotors up to 30 hp
36. Dyeing equipment for cloth and yarn
37. Carpet producing machine
38. Cloth weaving machine,
exceptforairjetand waterjettypes
39. Various kinds of
electromotors gearbox single and variable-spead
40. Truck-mounted cranes
ofvarious types
41. Industrial and constructional escalators
and elevators ofvarious types
42.
Mobile cranes, less than 30 tonnes
43. Flour and cereals processing machinery
44. Freon compressors
45. Stone cutting machines
46. Seed planters and row
seeders of various types
47. Rakes and cultivators
48. Sprayers of various. types, (motorized
knapsack, wheel-barrow, hand-borrow and tractor-mounted).
49. Furrowers
50. Potato planters and
harvesters
51. Pistachio nut processing
machines
52. Dikers
53. Trailorsofvarious kinds
54. Flame torches
55. Disks ofvarious types
56. Levelers
57. Post hole diggers
58. Threshers ofvarious types
59. Rice polishing equipment
60. Universal lathes ofvarious types
61. Plate grinders
62. Ripsaw
63. Various kinds of universal milling machines, horizontal or
vertical
64. Radial drilling machines
65. Column-type drilling machines
66. Bench grinders, flat grinders and
grinding wheels
67. Open-end and ring wrenches
68. Pliers, needle-nose pliers, phasemetres,
screwdrivers, locking plier wrenches, and adjustable wrenches of
various kinds
69. All kinds of faucets and fixtures
70. Various kinds of non-electrical lift
trucks
71. Plastic injection machines ofvarious kinds
72. Single-phase electromotors up to 4kw
73. Various kinds of tractors between 50 and
100hp
74. Ploughs, including one-way and
two-wayploughs
75. Radioactive materials
Article 18
In order to benefit from privileges provided for under Article 10 of
the law, the crew members and sailors of vessels commuting between
the shores of the Islamic Republic of Iran and other countries must
hold a valid identification card issued by the Ports & Shipping
Organization. Those crew members and sailors holding such a card,
shall be entitled to the same privileges that are extended to the
cooperative companies of frontier zone inhabitants, or to the
households residing in these zones, and may import and clear in
proportion to the number of their dependants such goods as are
importable by the said companies and households, while benefiting
from the facilities foreseen in this respect, and with due regard to
the relevant conditions.
Note. Every foregoing crew
member and sailor while benefiting from the afore-mentioned
privileges, may import goods twice a year , each time as much as Rls
500 000, from the list of importable items by the border inhabitants
and clear them making use of the facilities foreseen in this respect
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