A new drug quota was set

The Central Bank announced: “According to the President’s order on” the need to pay attention to the supply and allocation of currency for drugs and raw materials “, the Central Bank in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and based on the priorities announced by the Ministry, while allocating new quotas in This will maximize the effort required to provide the required currency.

It should be noted that due to the new quota for the Ministry of Health, the Central Bank, in coordination with the relevant ministry, will take immediate action to provide the currency needed to import drugs and their raw materials.

In order to provide the required currency for medicine and medical equipment from the foreign exchange quota of the Ministry of Health, from the beginning of the year until now, about $ 2.5 billion at the preferred exchange rate for the supply of raw materials, medicine and medical equipment based on prioritization by the ministry. Currency is done.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the above amount of 1.5 billion dollars, the preferential exchange rate has been provided for the import of corona vaccine and medical equipment of domestic production.