TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Statistics of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade indicate that 684,200 sets of refrigerator-freezer were manufactured in the country in the seven months of the current year (March 21 - Oct. 22), showing a 9.4 percent growth as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

In the same period, 579,600 evaporated water coolers were manufactured in Iran, showing a 3.8 percent growth.

Moreover, 354,300 washing machines were manufactured in the seven months of the current Iranian fiscal year, registering a 13.1 percent hike as compared to the same period of last year.

Earlier, Secretary of Iranian Association of Audiovisual Appliances announced that production volume of television will exceed one million sets by the yearend, based on which, it will experience a 15 percent growth as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

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