An Iranian government committee has called for Iran’s auto industry to increase volume to rank first in the immediate region, fifth in Asia and eleventh in the world by 2025.
The committee of auto industry development strategy has endorsed policies and development objectives for Iran’s automotive industry. It says the most important part of these objectives are the annual production of 2m units of light vehicles for domestic market and another 1m units for export. In 2008 Iran produced 1.051m vehicles in total (941,000 of which were cars).
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It also says that Iran should be building at least 50% of products on national brands as well as annually producing 120,000 units of commercial vehicles (90,000 for the domestic market).
The ‘industrial development strategy’ says that key elements are ‘the implementation of economical development plans, promotion of productivity, facilitating the process of joint venture and Foreign Direct Investment, as well as active presence in regional and global agreements as the most important platform for the industrial development of the country’.
Iran’s ‘committee of auto industry development strategy’ was formed as part of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organisation of Iran (IDRO) by the Minister of Industries and Mines, in March 2008.
The committee members consist of the general director of the automotive section of the Ministry of Industries and Mines and related experts, general director of automotive section of IDRO, CEOs and experts from the strategic centres of IDRO’s car making companies, Quality Inspection Organization as well as representatives from car and part making associations.
