According to a report by Iran’s “Financial Tribune” on May 7, the media quoted Mojtaba Khosrotaj, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade, as saying that approximately 2 billion U.S. dollars of clothing enters Iran through smuggling every year, and legal imports are not allowed. to 6 million U.S. dollars, less than 1/333 of the amount smuggled.
Illegal imported clothing on the market neither meets the quality standards set by the government nor contributes import duties to fiscal revenue. Experts say that only 20% of clothing on the market is made in China.