TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) – The Iranian Customs Office gives back customs duties and commercial benefits have been paid by exporters for raw materials used in exporting goods to exporters, Customs Office public relation department announced.

According to a fax released by Iranian Customs Office here Tuesday, the bill was proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Mine and supported by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in order to help non-oil exporters.

Based on the article 6 of 2001 ratification of the Cabinet, in such cases Customs Office has the right not to pay back customs duties and commercial benefits paid by exporters.

The cabinet of the Islamic Republic of Iran ratified a bill which allowed Customs Office to ignore those exporters’ failures to declare fully their customs returns from the past Iranian calendar year of 1379 (started March 21, 2001) to the end of 1381 (ending March 20, 2003). AF/IS END MNA