TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Production of tire in Iran has risen by 27 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2020-August 21, 2020) as compared to the previous year’s corresponding period.
A sum of 115,983 tons of tires were produced during the mentioned five-month period.
It terms of number, 10.232 million tires have been produced, showing a 27 percent growth year on year.
Of the figure, 62,968 tons were the passenger car tires, which shows a 28-percent rise.
Some 9,268 tons of van tires were manufactured, indicating a 13-percent growth.
Also, 21,237 tons of bus tires were manufactured, showing a 10-percent rise.
Manufacturing of the tires of light agricultural machinery experienced a growth of 123 percent to stand at 2,223 tons, and that of the heavy ones rose 42 percent to stand at 7,832 tons.
Meanwhile, 2,401 tons of road building machinery tires were manufactured, with a 17-percent growth compared to the first five months of the last year.
The bicycle tire output stood at 772 tons, indicating 80 percent growth.