Foreign Exchange, Trade, and Import/Export Regulatory Requirements
Import and export in Iran are conditioned on compliance with trade rules beyond customs: registration of the order (ثبت سفارش), foreign-exchange allocation and repatriation rules, prohibited and restricted goods lists, standards and health permits, and origin rules for preferential treatment.
Candidates must understand the link between the customs declaration and the foreign-exchange system: the declared value must be consistent with the registered order and the exchange allocation, and export proceeds must be repatriated per the applicable rules. Know that some goods require prior approval from a sectoral authority.
Traps: assuming a valid customs declaration alone satisfies trade rules; ignoring the order registration requirement; and mixing prohibited goods (banned) with restricted goods (permit required). Another trap is treating origin rules as irrelevant to duty when a preferential rate is claimed.
Rule of thumb: before clearance, check four gates: order registration, exchange allocation, sectoral permit, and origin/preference. A failure at any gate blocks or conditions release even if the tariff and value are correct.
Worked example: a consignment matches the tariff and value but lacks the sectoral health permit. The correct answer: release is conditional on the permit; the declaration alone does not authorize import.