BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 11. Iran’s passenger
car imports increased by 49.7 percent in value and 38 percent in
quantity during four months of the current Iranian year (from March
21 through July 22, 2025) compared to the same period last year
(from March 20 through July 21, 2024), Iran’s Deputy Minister of
Economy and Finance and Director General of Customs Administration
Foroud Asghari told reporters, Trend reports.
According to him, Iran imported 14,287 passenger cars worth $313
million during the four months. During the same period last year,
imports of passenger cars totaled 10,353 units worth $209
million.
Asghari noted that among the imported cars, there may be used
cars. Customs is bringing cars into the country on the basis of
declared documents. Currently, as many as 10,000-13,000 passenger
cars are at Shahid Rajaee and Shahid Bahonar ports. These cars can
be untarred after getting approval from banks.
In recent years, Iran has prioritized domestic production over
the import of passenger cars. For this reason, certain restrictions
have been imposed on importing passenger cars into the country.
However, due to insufficient domestic production as well as low
quality and safety levels, the restrictions on importing passenger
cars into the country have been relaxed to some extent.
