Can We Import Rugs From Iran

Asking for a friend i am a us citizen living in the us.

Can we import rugs from iran.

They have visited the us before and while in the us they live with me their us address is the same as mine. Rug dealers must wind down their iranian imports by aug. According to the washington post the import ban applies to iranian made rugs coming from any country. Aside from rugs merchants hope to import other lesser known iranian delights such as saffron caviar and pistachios.

Only the sale of persian rugs already in the us is permissible. Iran s persian rug industry previously brought in 425 million a year but with sanctions prohibiting the carpets from being imported to the us and limiting tourists ability to buy carpets in. You can bring one or two for personal use but you are not allowed to bring in bulk amounts at least not directly from iran. Today is a very special day helmi said as he fawned over additions to his.

The office of foreign assets control a division of the treasury department says on its website that u s. Under the deal iran agreed to dismantle parts of its nuclear program in exchange for the. Can they bring a persian rug from iran for me to keep. The year before no rugs were exported he said as quoted by local media.

One way to get around that though is to ship your items to dubai. They will not be allowed to. Yes but a little known fact is that the international sanctions imposed over the past decade to curb iran s nuclear ambitions had a devastating effect on its second largest export. In june online retailer etsy.

Nearly 69 million worth of persian rugs were exported to the us during the first 10 months of the current iranian calendar year that ended on january 19 according to hamid kargar the head of iran s national carpet center.