The head of Iran's
Trade Development Organization said that the ministries concerned with
production and consumption are required to examine and prioritize the demands
for ordering importation of goods with official currency.
According
to Sh.a.t.a, following the publication of a report announcing the suspension of
the ordering of goods in the official currency, Mojtaba Khosrowtaj stated: The reasons for stopping the ordering
importation of goods in official currency is that the main ministries
responsible for production and consumption are obliged to review and prioritize
the applications submitted to the banking system. The head of the Organization
for Trade Development added: "Therefore, ministries will determine the
importation priorities, which mainly focuses on the supply of basic goods,
pharmaceuticals and hospital equipment, raw materials of generative units and
machines, by examining applications and announce it through a system to the
bank's network for the allocation of foreign currency.