Tehran (FT):  An official with the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran said the registration of im­port orders has resumed at import registration website (Sabtaresh.tpo.ir), following the go­vern­ment’s new foreign currency regulations, and “there is no problem in this regard”. Banks will allocate the US dollar needed for imports at a rate of 42,000 rials when their order registra­ti­on process is complete, ISNA quoted Ali Aliabadi as saying. Iran unified its dual exchange ra­tes - one official and the other the free market rate - on April 10 at the fixed rate of 42,000 rials.  The rate was fixed to prevent the further depreciation of rial, which had lost close to half its val­ue on the free market since September. Importers have since complained about shortage of hard currency and the volatile state of their businesses due to the shutdown of Iran’s import or­der registration website. 

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