Gold ingot imports accounted for 1.1 percent of the country’s total import value in this timespan, IRICA added.
Gold ingot imports were the ninth major goods imported into the country from March 21 to August 22.
In this period, 2 tons and 276 kilograms of gold ingot were imported into the country via the Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) Customs Office, accounting for 55 percent of the total gold ingot imports in this period.
One ton and 167 kg and 560 kg of gold ingot were imported via Bashmaq and Tabriz customs offices, IRICA concluded.