BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 23
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
A total of 72,300 manufacturing enterprises operated in Iran by the end of the second month of the current Iranian year (April 20 - May 20, 2020), Trend reports citing Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran.
According to the report, 2.43 million people were employed in these enterprises.
The largest number of manufacturing enterprises is in Tehran Province (9,829 enterprises) and the lowest is in the Kish Free Trade Zone (3), the report said.
The table below shows the number of manufacturing enterprises and employees that have operated by the end of the second month in the Iranian provinces and trade zones.
Province |
Number of enterprises |
Number of employees |
East Azerbaijan |
3,884 |
117,525 |
West Azerbaijan |
1,981 |
54,664 |
Ardabil |
1,039 |
22,735 |
Isfahan |
8,606 |
263,506 |
Alborz |
3,359 |
133,577 |
Ilam |
474 |
9,561 |
Bushehr |
539 |
25,169 |
Tehran |
9,829 |
404,467 |
Kerman |
1,543 |
71,064 |
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari |
863 |
20,092 |
South Khorasan |
520 |
11,601 |
Razavi Khorasan |
5,325 |
195,394 |
North Khorasan |
318 |
12,937 |
Khuzestan |
2,035 |
100,578 |
Zanjan |
1,248 |
44,518 |
Semnan |
1,687 |
49,925 |
Sistan and Baluchestan |
1,076 |
25,103 |
Fars |
4,000 |
98,764 |
Qazvin |
3,386 |
149,095 |
Qom |
2,236 |
56,805 |
Kurdistan |
848 |
16,807 |
Kermanshah |
867 |
29,717 |
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad |
528 |
8,200 |
Golestan |
938 |
23,665 |
Gilan |
2,640 |
79,089 |
Lorestan |
1,133 |
21,657 |
Mazandaran |
2,778 |
89,723 |
Markazi |
2,651 |
108,851 |
Hormozgan |
879 |
27,945 |
Hamadan |
1,042 |
26,559 |
Yazd |
2,965 |
97,252 |
Aras Free Trade - Industrial Zone |
215 |
6,546 |
Arvand Free Trade - Industrial Zone |
125 |
5,829 |
Anzali Free Trade - Industrial Zone |
162 |
4,351 |
Chabahar Free Trade - Industrial Zone |
74 |
1,428 |
Qeshm Free Trade - Industrial Zone |
117 |
3,447 |
Kish Free Trade - Industrial Zone |
3 |
82 |
Maku Free Trade - Industrial Zone |
84 |
2,325 |
Special Economic Zone |
320 |
19,678 |
Total |
72,317 |
2.43 million |