Azerbaijan, Baku, Jun.12/ Trend R.Zamanov
US dollar was sold at the price of 24,767 rials at Iran's forex center on Wednesday.
Euro was also presented at the price of 32,970 rials, while British pound was traded at 38,754 rials, the Mehr News Agency reported.
Euro, British pound and US dollar were traded at the prices of 32,926, 38,650 and 24,785 rials respectively on Tuesday.
The new foreign exchange center was officially inaugurated on September 24, 2012.
The latest reports released by the Central Bank of Iran shows that 16,777 applications worth some 5.847 billion dollars have been registered at Iran's Foreign Exchange Center from the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) until May 30.
The center allows importers of goods including truck tires, construction equipment and synthetic fibers to buy dollars at a rate 2 percent cheaper than the street rate at any given time.
According to the center's spokesman Samad Karimi, Iran's forex center has the capacity to trade over 100 million dollars each working day.
The government maintains an official reference rate of 12,260 rials to the dollar, but only a limited amount of foreign exchange is available at this rate.
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