BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 17. Iran’s local passenger car manufacturing increased by 19.3 percent in the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21 through September 22, 2023), compared to the same period last year, Trend reports.
Overall, 545,180 passenger cars were manufactured in Iran in 6 months, according to data from the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade.
Meanwhile, in the first six months of the last Iranian year (March 21 through September 22, 2022), Iran’s passenger car output stood at 456,617.
In the 6th month alone (August 23 through September 22, 2023), 89,054 passenger cars were produced within the country, representing a 3-percent increase compared to 86,451 units in the same month last Iranian 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.
In total, 1.18 million passenger cars were manufactured in the country for the last Iranian year (March 21, 2022, through March 20, 2023), which is an increase of 35 percent compared to 874,000 units in the preceding year (March 21, 2021, through March 20, 2022).
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