TEHRAN,Iran,June.22
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The prices on domestic and foreign basic materials for manufacturing car parts, have increased in Iran, chairman of Iranian Auto Parts Manufacturers Association Reza Najafi Manesh told Trend.
He added that domestic auto part prices have increased more, compared to foreign ones.
"The price of basic materials in the country has increased by 50-60 percent, based on the government's order.
"Setting a specific auto price would damage manufacturers and customers, since the final price would be even higher," he said.
"We have suggested that the government would not intervene in setting the prices and liberalize the auto prices so the real customers buy vehicles," he added.
"The pre-sale lottery registration plan was wrong, since it's possible that so many unreal customers would apply for vehicles but had the government liberalized prices, the market itself would eventually set the right prices," he said.
"Iran's agreements with foreign countries for auto production are not strong," said Manesh, referring to Iraq and Syria.
"Syria is a state of war, while Iraq doesn't have enough money, due to the fall of the oil prices," he said.
For today's year, Iranian car part makers plan to maximize the domestic production, he said.