Growth in Output of 30 Industrial Products

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade's review of fiscal 2019-20 shows that the output of 30 industrial and mineral products registered growth compared to the year before.

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03 May 2020

The highest growth was registered for pesticide production with 36,600 tons, up by 37.2% year-on-year.

Washing machine production stood next with 732,200 units to register a year-on-year increase of 32%.

Production of pickup trucks rose by more than 29.5% to 66,800 units.

A total of 48.2 billion items of human pharmaceuticals were produced during the year under review, indicating a 23.7% rise YOY.

More than 296,200 tons of polyester filament yarn were produced, indicating a 20.8% growth YOY.

The production of polyester fibers totaled 239,900 tons, up by 18.8% YOY.

Electric motor production rose by 15.5% YOY to 9.31 million units, followed by glassware that increased by 14.3% to reach 530,400 tons.

Next were tractors with 18,657 vehicles, up by 13.1% YOY; followed by particle board with 698,000 cubic meters, up 12.2% YOY; cement with 61.36 million tons, up by 11.2% YOY; vegetable oil with 1.8 million tons, up 10.3% YOY; porcelain ware with 54,800 tons, up 9.9% YOY; cotton yarn with 238,300 tons, up 8.2% YOY; and fridge with 1.16 million units, up 7.8% YOY.

Paper production saw a 7.4% YOY rise to reach 1 million tons.

Production of glass sheet went up 7% YOY to 1.04 million tons. It was followed by crude steel that increased by 6.3% YOY to 25.23 million tons; evaporative coolers, also up 6.3% YOY to 904,900 units; television, up 6.3% YOY to 825,400 items; steel products, up 4.5% YOY to 20.51 million tons; tiles and ceramics, up 4.5% YOY to 398.85 million square meters; auto tires, up 4% YOY to 231,700 tons; and sanitary ware, up 2.3% YOY to 104,100 tons.

Petrochemical production witnessed a 1.8% growth to reach 54.5 million tons while fiber production amounted to 1.21 million cubic meters, up 1.4% YOY.

Copper cathode production went up 1.2% YOY to reach 252,200 tons, followed by leather that increased by 0.9% to 49 million square feet.

Carton output stood at 519,400 tons, up 0.6% YOY followed by footwear with 139.3 million pairs, up by 0.2% YOY.