TEHRAN - Motorcycle production in Iran has grown 37 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2023) compared to the same period last year.

As Fars News Agency reported, 435,735 motorcycles were produced over the nine month period of the current year, while the production stood at 318,482 in the previous year’s same period.

Considering the current trend of production, the annual output of motorcycles in Iran is expected to reach over 600,000 units in the current calendar year which ends in late March.

Iran has 44 motorcycle manufacturing factories which provide permanent jobs to 16,000 people; over 80,000 people are also active in the industry, indirectly.

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