BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 19
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The employment in the Zanjan Province (western Iran) increased by 82.9 percent with issuance of licenses for establishment of enterprises during the first six months of the current Iranian year (from March 20 through September 21, 2020) compared to the same period last Iranian year, Trend reports citing Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade of Iran.
According to the statistics, about 15,500 people are envisaged to be employed at the enterprises licensed during six months. However, it was planned to employ about 8,470 people at the enterprises licensed in the same period last Iranian year.
“As many as 668 enterprises were licensed to be established in the Zanjan Province over the first six months of the current Iranian year. While in the same period last Iranian year, 440 enterprises were licensed to be established. The number of issued licenses increased 51.8 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
“It is planned to invest about 101 trillion rials (about $2.41 billion) into the enterprises licensed to be established within 6 months,” the report said.
The volume of investments increased by more than about 3 times compared to the same period last Iranian year. Thus, 34.9 trillion rials (about $830 million) worth of investments were planned for the licensed enterprises in the same period last Iranian year, the report added.
A total of 12,800 enterprises were licensed to establish in Iran during the first six months of the current Iranian year (from March 20 through September 21, 2020) with an investment of 2.25 quadrillion rials (about $53.5 billion).
In general, 410,000 people are envisaged to be employed at the enterprises licensed within 6 months. The number of issued licenses increased by 46.9 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year. This resulted in an increase of 42.5 percent in terms of investments and 36.3 percent in terms of employment.
