Publish Date: 24 October 2020 - 12:00

TEHRAN, Oct. 24 (MNA) – The output of 22 industrial products observed an uptrend during the first six months of the current calendar year (March 20-September 21).

Based on the data released by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, Aluminum ingot had the biggest jump as its production reached 196,200 tons, which indicates a 53.2% rise compared to the similar span of last year.

Next come home appliances with the production rate reaching 1.964 million during the first half, to register a 52.8% jump year on year.

Moreover, domestic carmakers produced a total of 414,000 vehicles in the six months under review to witness a 19% growth compared with the corresponding period of the last year.

Cement output stood at 35.6 million tons in the first half of the current calendar year, up 14.4% year-on-year.

The production of steel materials reached 13.9 million tons, up 9% year on year.

Iranian producers rolled out 30.5 million petrochemical products to observe a 7.9% rise compared with the last year’s first half.

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