TEHRAN - The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said 4.227 million cellphone handsets, valued at $966.4 million, were imported into the country in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20–August 21), IRNA reported.

In this period, more than 4,093,774 mobile handsets were imported by commercial companies while 133,308 of the cellphone handsets were imported by passengers, IRICA reported.

According to IRICA, the cell phones imported in this period registered a 15 percent and a 10 percent reduction in volume and value, respectively.

Iran imported 2.857 million cell phones, valued at $688 million, in the first four months of the current calendar year (March 20–July 20), registering a 27 percent decline in value, year on year.

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