TEHRAN- Iran imported 37,623 passenger cars during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

IRICA put the worth of imported cars at $1.033 billion in the five-month period with 49.5 percent rise from the figure of the same time span in the past year, IRIB news reported on Wednesday.

Iran had imported 26,376 passenger cars worth $690.703 million during the first five months of the previous calendar year.

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