TEHRAN – Granting the value of smuggled goods in Iran at $20 billion every year, it can be said that 800 thousand trucks are needed to carry the goods into the country, head of the House of Industry, Mine, and Trade of Iran said on Sunday.

Abdolvahab Sahlabadi called on all related organizations to encourage domestic supply for domestic demands as a way to tackle smuggling, Arman newspaper reported.

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