TEHRAN- Car manufacturing in Iran rose 23 percent in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same six months in the previous year.

According to the data released by the Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry, Iranian carmakers managed to manufacture over 642,930 vehicles in the mentioned six months, while the country’s car output stood at 524,256 in the first half of the previous Iranian year, IRNA reported.

Based on the Industry Ministry data, Iranian automakers managed to produce 89,054 vehicles in the sixth Iranian month of Shahrivar (ended on September 22), registering a three-percent rise compared to the same month last year.

During the mentioned six months the country’s automakers produced 545,180 passenger cars, registering a 19 percent rise compared to the same period of the last year.

The production of various types of trucks also increased by 44 percent year on year, the data showed.

In the first six months of this year, the production of minibuses and middle buses also increased by three percent compared to the same period last year.

Car manufacturing in Iran increased by 39 percent in the past Iranian calendar year 1401 (ended on March 20), as the Iranian carmakers manufactured 1,347,394 vehicles in the mentioned year.

In the past year, 1,182,078 passenger cars were manufactured in the country, registering a 35-percent rise year on year.

Vans accounted for the lion’s share of the production in the past year, as 125,507 vans were manufactured, with a 56-percent growth.

In the past year, 34,136 trucks were manufactured, with a 150 percent rise.

The manufacturing of buses stood at 1,391, and minibuses, and middle buses at 1,118, registering a growth of 88 percent and 11 percent, respectively.

Also, about 450,000 motorcycles were manufactured in the previous year, with a 61.2 percent rise year on year.

Meanwhile, the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (known as OICA) ranked Iran sixth in the world in terms of car manufacturing growth in 2022.

According to the OICA data, car manufacturing in Iran increased by 19 percent in 2022, as the country manufactured 1.064 million vehicles in the mentioned year, while the figure was 894,000 in 2021.

The international organization in its annual report released in mid-March had ranked Iran as the world’s 16th largest automaker in 2022.

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