The Deputy Minister of Commercial Development of the Ministry of Jihad Keshavarzi said: The government does not have the basis to allocate preferential currency for the import of white sugar and raw sugar during the year 1403.
Ahmad Khani Nozari, the Deputy Minister of Commercial Development of the Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture, regarding the government’s approval to import white sugar and the concerns of the sugar market activists in this regard, said: In the current year, the payment of preferential currency depends on the inclusion of this commodity in the list approved by the Council of Ministers, and the commodities included in this list are able to receive preferred currency. However, the mere inclusion of goods in this list does not mean the obligation to assign preferential currency to that goods.
He stated: The general policy of the government is to support domestic production and this resolution was obtained with the aim of managing the market in special conditions, but considering the conditions of this product in the global and domestic markets, according to the plans and decisions taken, the currency The need for raw sugar and white sugar is provided from the second hall.
Khani Nozari added: With the assignment of sugar currency commodity group and also the amount of value added tax of this commodity during the past weeks, the sugar market is moving towards peace and stability, and according to the production situation and also the plans made for import to When and as much as needed, God willing, we will not have a shortage of sugar in the coming months.