Iran Produces over 1.3 Million Vehicles in 11 months: Industry Ministry
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Major car companies manufactured about 1.340 million vehicles in the country so far in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2023), the director general of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade for automotive industries affairs said.
Some 1.132 million passenger cars have been produced by major car manufacturing companies since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year, showing a six percent growth compared to the same period last year, Mehrdad Khosravi noted.
In this timespan, 166,000 pickups were manufactured in the country, registering a 32 percent growth compared to last year’s corresponding period, he added.
He went on to say that more than 40,000 different types of commercial cars including vans, minibuses, buses, trucks and tractor-trailers, were manufactured in the country in this period, showing about two percent up compared to the last year’s corresponding period.
In addition, about 307,000 cars were manufactured by the private sector, showing about 58 percent growth compared to the same period last year, he stated, Mehr news agency reported.
This year, about 600,000 motorcycles were manufactured in the country, showing about 28 percent growth compared to a year earlier, the official added.