Article 25

Drawback procedures

If the Customs Administration has adequate information on the quantity of primary materials, components, parts, packaging materials, and other foreign inputs that have been incorporated in the manufacture, preparation and packaging of export goods, it shall calculate the amount of refund based on the prevailing CIF price of identical or similar primary materials as well as on the percentage of customs duty, commercial benefit tax, and other dues applied at the relevant date. In cases where the Customs Administration lacks necessary information regarding the quantity of materials used, it shall inquire it from the relevant productive ministry, to calculate the refundable drawback. The Customs Administration shall be required to advise the relevant organizations and businessmen, through appropriate means, of the multipliers it has used or obtained through the productive ministries. It shall be also required to compile such multipliers to be made available to applicants.

Should the exporter contest the views expressed by the Customs Administration or the productive ministry, he may directly appeal to the Committee indicated in note 1 of Article 14 of the Law, that convenes under the supervision of the Export Promotion Centre of Iran.

Note 1. Goods only finished, processed or packaged but not manufactured in Iran shall also be subject to this Article.

Note 2. The obligations indicated in Article 12 of the Law in respect of the quantity or number of temporary admissions, shall be calculated on the basis of the multipliers referred to in this Article.

Article 26

Downstream products of petroleum including crude oil, furnace oil, kerosene, diesel fuel and gasoline shall be subject to specific regulations in respect of foreign exchange bond or obligation. The export of other products derived from petroleum, and all other goods shall be exempted from lodging foreign exchange repatriation bond. The observance of all Criteria regarding plant, animal and human health as well as standards on the basis of Schedules of export -import regulations and current laws of the country related to the importation of goods of the afore -mention list is a necessity .

Article 27

List and entry condition of goods importable against export exchange

In addition to the goods which, according to the current regulations, are permitted to be imported by the productive and trading units using export exchange, the Ministry of Commerce shall be authorized to add, in coordination with the Central BanK of the I.R. of Iran, other items to the list and promulgate it. If the import condition is eliminated from the tables annexed to this ordinance, the increase in the items covered by this Article shall be effected through coordination among the relevant productive ministries.

Note 1. The entry of goods contained in the above list shall be compulsorily subject to the observance of the import conditions, and all human, plant, and animal health criteria based on the tables of the Export-Import Regulations as well as other laws prevailing in the country.

Note 2. The Exchange Deposit Certificate may be transferred to other importers through the stock exchange, for importation of above items.

Note 3. The exchange earned from the export of services (techno-engineering, hotel management, commercial services, transit transport, services of Iranian labourers and employees abroad, and other services as determined by the Ministry of Commerce in coordination with other organs), shall be considered as deriving from exports. All benefits and incentives provided for the export of goods shall also identically apply to the export of services.

Note 4. Primary materials, parts, equipment, and machinery required by productive units may be imported in return for the export of their own products. These units may settle respective exchange obligation equivalent to the value of goods imported (as per the customs "green sheet" certificate). If any dispute arises between the applicant and the Customs Administration as to the productive nature of the exporting unit, and the export goods, the relevant Ministry (issuing operation license) shall be the distinguishing authority.