BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 22
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The manufacturing of several products, including passenger cars, pickups, combines, medicines, and others increased, during the first 5 months of the current Iranian year (March 20-August 21, 2020), Trend reports citing the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade of Iran.
According to the report, more than 344,000 passenger cars were manufactured for over five months. This is an increase of 18.4 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year.
During the reporting period, the production of medicines exceeded 17.5 billion units. This is an increase of 6.6 percent compared to the same period last Iranian year, the report added.
Products |
First 5 months of the current Iranian year (March 20-August 21, 2020) |
First 5 months of last Iranian year (March 21-August 22, 2019) |
Percentage change |
Various types of passenger cars |
344,800 units |
291,300 units |
18.4 |
Pickups |
31,528 units |
22,778 units |
38.4 |
Buses, minibusses, and vans |
673 units |
715 units |
-5.9 |
Combines |
208 units |
159 units |
30.8 |
Tractor |
7,141 units |
7,445 units |
-4.1 |
Vegetable oil |
596,600 tons |
731,200 tons |
-18.4 |
Medicines (for people) |
18.7 billion units |
17.5 billion units |
6.6 |
Washing powder |
264,500 tons |
239,700 tons |
10.3 |
Car tires |
106,900 tons |
83,100 tons |
28.6 |
Various paper |
381,200 tons |
422,600 tons |
-9.8 |
Cardboard |
209,600 tons |
218,000 tons |
-3.9 |
DSP (Particleboard) |
333,000 cubic meter |
289,100 cubic meter |
15.2 |
Fiber cable |
543,700 cubic meter |
527,800 cubic meter |
3 |
Insecticides |
14,800 tons |
17,600 tons |
-15.7 |
Industrial oils |
252,500 tons |
227,600 tons |
10.9 |
Black carbon (sooty) |
56,500 tons |
51,300 tons |
10 |
Petrochemicals |
25.2 million tons |
23.7 million tons |
6.3 |
Acrylic fibers |
2,200 tons |
800 tons |
189.5 |
Polystyrene threads |
110,500 tons |
123,000 tons |
-10.2 |
Polystyrene fibers |
80,700 tons |
92,400 tons |
-12.7 |
Cotton threads |
106,000 tons |
86,300 tons |
22.8 |
Leather |
13.6 million square feet |
17.1 million square feet |
-20.5 |
Footwear |
49 million pairs |
51.6 million pairs |
-5.1 |
TV sets |
481,600 units |
269,500 units |
78.7 |
Various refrigerators |
673,800 units |
567,000 units |
18.8 |
Washing machines |
368,400 units |
233,100 units |
58 |
Electric engines |
3.52 million units |
3.9 million units |
-10 |
Cigarettes |
19.8 billion units |
22.6 billion units |
-12.4 |
Raw steel |
11.4 million tons |
10.6 million tons |
8 |
Steel products |
9.47 million tons |
8.86 million tons |
6.8 |
Copper cathode |
118,500 tons |
111,700 tons |
6.1 |
Aluminum ingots |
160,700 tons |
107,300 tons |
49.7 |
Alumina |
102,600 tons |
98,000 tons |
4.7 |
Coal concentrate |
635,700 tons |
642,300 tons |
-1 |
Cement |
29.5 million tons |
25.7 million tons |
14.8 |
Large bottles |
394,200 tons |
457,100 tons |
-13.8 |
Glass containers |
224,400 tons |
234,500 tons |
-4.3 |
Porcelains |
17,800 tons |
23,700 tons |
-24.7 |