TEHRAN- Iranian automakers produced about 763,000 vehicles in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), an official with the Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry said.

According to Abdollah Tavakoli Lahijani, the director general of the Iranian Industry Ministry's Auto Industry Office, Iranian carmakers managed to manufacture about 624,000 passenger cars in the mentioned seven months which shows a growth of 24 percent compared to 503,000 vehicles produced in the same period last year.

In the mentioned period, 91,000 trucks were also produced, registering a 47 percent growth 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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