Manufacture of 22 main manufacturing, mining merchandises increases in 5 months

(MENAFN) Saeed Zarandi Iranian Deputy Industry Minister stated that the manufacture of 22 main mining and industrial merchandises has enlarged in the first five months of the present Iranian agenda year (March 20-August 21), contrasted to the same phase of time formerly year.

IRNA accounted Zarandi stated that the talked about manufacture enlargement has been achieved in spite of the precise economic circumstances of the country because of the United States sanctions and the pandemic of coronavirus which has created difficulties in the manufacture sector.

In the talked about phase petrochemical sector achieved more than 25 million tons of manufacture and recorded an increase of over six percent, whereas making of home appliances attained 1,523,000 units to record 42 percent enlargement, manufacture of aluminum ingots attained 160,000 tons with an increase of almost 50 percent, crude steel manufacture exceeded 11 million tons and enlarged eight percent, passenger cars manufacture stood at nearly 345,000 units with a enlargement of 18 percent and lastly cement manufacture augment by 13 percent to arrive at 29.5 million tons.

The official reminded that virtually Euro 11 billion value of the talked about products were exported from the country in the stated phase, whereas the value of the imports of such merchandise placed at about Euro 14 billion.

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