The passenger import tariff for mobile phones above 600 dollars was doubled

Digiato’s surveys of mobile market operators indicate a doubling of the customs tariff and the cost of passenger mobile phone registration above $600; An issue that was previously decided according to the budget law of 1402, and now it seems that it has reached the implementation stage.

According to this year’s budget law, the customs tariff for the import of phones above 600 dollars has been set at 15% and for other procedures such as passenger, it has been set at double. Now, it seems that the resolution of the parliament has just been applied to the import of passengers.

Considering the popularity of passenger iPhone imports, it seems that this tariff increase will have an effect on the price of this phone and we will see an increase in the price of some iPhone models.

For example, until Monday, the cost of registering iPhone 13 Pro Max 128 GB is slightly more than ten million was and now this figure is close twenty million it is arrived. This figure for iPhone 13 with 128 GB of RAM was six million and one hundred thousand tomans and now it has reached eleven million and one hundred thousand tomans.

The customs fee of iPhone 12 Promax was seven million and now it has reached thirteen million tomans. The Samsung Z Flip 4 phone also had a customs fee of nearly ten million tomans, and now it has reached eighteen million three hundred thousand tomans.

Although mobile phone market activists claim that this passenger tariff increase has just been implemented, Digiato’s follow-up from customs shows that the budget law has been implemented for a long time.

Doubling the tariff for non-commercial import of mobile phones is an issue that was included in the budget law at the request of the Mobile Importers Association. “Mehdi Abakari”, the secretary of this association, told Digiato: “Given that the passenger phone has no added value and its tariff is the same as the import tariff of mobile phones, commercial imports are actually more expensive than passenger phones; While commercial import is time-consuming and the process takes two months. That’s why we requested to double the import of passenger mobile phones, which is now included in the budget law.

This is while the mobile phone importers association recently demanded Increasing the commercial import tariff for iPhones It has increased to 25%, and if this proposal is accepted, the passenger import tariff for these phones will increase from 30% to 50%.

Of course, this increase in the passenger import tariff for mobile phones It should not affect market prices; Because the Union of mobile phone sellers has repeatedly emphasized that the sale of mobile phones is prohibited.

Passenger importation is for the passenger’s personal use and its commercial misuse is based on Clause C of Article 2 of the Law on Combating Smuggling of Goods and Currency. An example of smuggling Is. Also, contrary to commercial practice, passenger phones do not have any warranty or after-sales service.

However, some sellers may take advantage of the increase in passenger import tariffs, so mobile phone customers should be careful of these profiteering.