Iran’s Textile Industry Registers 17.1% Growth in 2022: Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s textile industry showed a 17.1 percent hike in production in 2022 compared to a year earlier, the director general of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade for Clothing and Textile Affairs said.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday on the occasion of organizing the first edition of the Specialized International Exhibition of Fabrics and Related Industries, Mohsen Gorji emphasized that this industry is a pioneering industry.
He put the number of existing industrial and production units involved in producing machine-made carpets in the country at 1,000.
Carpet is a competitive product, he said, adding that the value of the country’s export of machine-made carpets stands at $280 million.
Iran enjoys high capability and capacity in producing high-quality handwoven and machine-made carpets, Gorji emphasized.
The first Specialized International Exhibition of Fabrics and Related Industries will be held at Shahr-e-Aftab International Exhibitions Center in Tehran on September 9-12 with the participation of more than 90 producers and suppliers of fabrics.