BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 27. Iran's local pick-up truck production increased by 56 percent, over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through March 20, 2023), compared to the preceding year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022), as was reflected in the statistics of Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, Trend reports.
A total of 125,507 pick-ups were manufactured in the country for the last Iranian year, while in the preceding year, the figure stood at 80,243.
Iran also manufactured 11,592 pick-up trucks in the 12th month of the last Iranian year alone (February 20 through March 20, 2023), which is an increase of 86 percent compared to 6,229 units in the same month of the preceding year.
Overall, about 1.35 million various vehicles, including passenger cars, pick-ups, heavy trucks and trailers, vans, buses and minibuses, etc. were manufactured in Iran, which is an increase of 39 percent compared to the about 971,000 units in preceding Iranian year.
Also, Iran manufactured about 113,000 various vehicles in the 12th month of the last Iranian year alone. This is an increase of 86 percent compared to 60,800 units in the same month of the preceding year.
There are three giant car manufacturing companies - Iran Khodro, Saipa, and Pars Khodro, operating in Iran. By implementing various projects, Iran intends to increase manufacturing in the auto industry.
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