Iran Registers 17.1% Growth in Textile Industry, 6% in Clothing Industry Last Year
Mohsen Gorji, Director General of the Office of Textiles and Clothing Industries at the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade gave figures on the clothing industry for last iranian year of 1401 (march 21, 2022-2023) and said, “In the garment industry, we have at least 100,000 production units registered in the Guilds. These figures do not not include home businesses and bridal stores that are licensed by the Ministry of [Culture and Islamic] Guidance.”
“There are at least 280,000 distributive trade units, without taking into account the business activists who operate in cyberspace and sometimes are unauthorized.”
Stating that nearly 1,000 production industrial units are operating in the country, Gorji added that between 2 to 2.5 million people are employed in the textile and clothing industires in Iran.
“In this number of industrial-production units, in addition to 100,000 trade-production units, between 700,000 and 1 million people are employed. If employment in the distribution field is taken into account, nearly 2 million to 2.5 million people (officially registered statistics of official units) are working in the country's garment industry,” he said.
“In 1401, the economic growth in the textile industry was 17.1% compared to the year 1400, which was the highest figure in all industrial sectors. In the field of clothing, 6% growth was recorded, which was close to the 8% target," he added.
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