Customs announced a ban on the import of flagship phones (above $ 600)

The director general of customs announced that next year the import of cars and mobile phones worth more than $ 600 (flagship) will be banned. This is while according to the announcement Mobile Importers Association Over the past year, handsets over $ 600 have accounted for 5% of imports.

Last year, lawmakers passed a 12 percent tariff on imports of phones over $ 600 in the 1,400 budget. But this year the tariff is 12% Mobile phone import Over $ 600 was removed from the 1401 budget bill and became one of the budget ambiguities. It is now reported that next year will be the official import of the flagship phone Prohibited will be. Of course, this means that the passenger import of these phones and their registration in the country will continue, and Digito has heard that a relatively large share of the import of these models to this day has been done as a passenger.

Alireza Moghaddasi stated in his meeting with economic activists in the Iranian Chamber of Commerce today: “The third source of income for the country is to provide funding through customs. Next year, more car and mobile imports $ 600 deleted.”

The secretary of the Mobile Importers Association had previously stated this in an interview with Digito Shares of phones over $ 600 It is only 5% of the import of the last year (from December 1999 to December 1400); But this is not a strong reason for the official ban on the import of these phones.

Although the currency allocated to these phones, which are usually in the “flagship” category, is more than their share of total imports, it is the consumer’s right to benefit from the warranty and after-sales service by purchasing the flagship phone. These are consumer rights abuses, and it is not yet clear what needs to be done to address this challenge and whether the Consumer Protection Agency may be involved in the debate.

It should be noted that the leadership had previously complained about the half-billion dollar budget for American luxury phones in a meeting with the cabinet in September 2016: “I have heard that about half a billion dollars were spent to import one type of American luxury phone in 1998 . “Of course the private sector does, but the government has to stop it.”

Now the new government is moving in that direction and from next year will ban the official import of phones over $ 600. Of course, as mentioned, the import of passengers of this type of phones is still free and there is no ban on the registration of these phones. However, taking advantage of the official after-sales service of these phones and other problems will be faced by the buyers of these flagship phones.