Italy Stops Paper Certificates of Origin From October 2025

Effective from

11 November 2025

Issued by

Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade

Reference

No. 6494606

Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade has notified the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration that Italian chambers of commerce have completely stopped issuing paper Certificates of Origin (CO) as of October 2025, and that document-verification procedures need to be updated accordingly.

The notice traces back to a communication from Iran’s embassy in Rome, relayed through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the ministry’s Trade Development Deputy and its Import and Export Regulations Office, informing Iranian authorities of the change in Italian chamber-of-commerce practice. The Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade forwarded the information to Iran Customs for awareness and for the necessary action to update the procedures used to verify certificates of origin submitted for goods originating from Italy.

Importers and customs brokers handling shipments from Italy should expect to rely on electronically issued certificates of origin rather than paper documents from Italian chambers of commerce, and should confirm current verification procedures with customs before clearing affected shipments.

Key Details

• Approval authority: Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade
• Responsible organization: Not specified
• Classification: Circular
• Affected procedure: Order Registration
• Document number: 6494606
• Unique identifier: 404081918297
• Document date: November 9, 2025
• Publication date: November 10, 2025
• Effective date: November 11, 2025
• Expiration date: Not specified

This summary is provided for orientation only. The official Persian text issued by the relevant Iranian authority is the governing version.