AreaIran

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityBarley and Wheat

Date02/08/2015

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentImport tariff

DescriptionCanceled import duties on wheat and barley before the originally announced dates.The import duties ended on 6 September for wheat and on 22 August for barley. The government had originally said the wheat duty would last for one year and the barley until 22 September 2015.

NotesThe Iranian government imposed a wheat duty of 1,500 rials per kilo, or about USD 67 a tonne, a level that rendered wheat imports commercially unfeasible.