Iran Exports 280 Million Dollars of Machine-Woven Carpet
Carpet is a competitive product and the value of the country’s export of machine-made carpets stands at $280 million, said Mohsen Gorji, the director general of the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade for Clothing and Textile Affairs.
Iran enjoys high capability and capacity in producing high-quality hand-woven and machine-made carpets, he underlined.
The official put the number of existing industrial and production units involved in producing machine-made carpets in the country at 1,000.
Iran’s textile industry showed a 17.1 percent hike in production in 2022 compared to a year earlier, Gorji added.
The first Specialized International Exhibition of Fabrics and Related Industries will be held at Shahr-e-Aftab International Exhibitions Center in Tehran on September 9-12 with the participation of more than 90 producers and suppliers of fabrics.
The oldest machine-made carpets in Iran were produced in Kashan around 1971, which should have been the first machine-made rugs in the Middle East. Kashan has been the hub of the textile industry in this region and has played a leading role in the textile industry since then.
Over 80% of the Iran’s machine-woven carpet factories are located in Kashan and its surroundings such as Aran and Bidgol. That’s why this city has a reputation not only in Iran but also in the world.
Today, high-density machine-made carpets like 1200-reed and 1500-reed ones are manufactured in Kashan. Such carpets have eye-catching elegance and their texture is so fine that looks very similar to a hand-woven carpet.
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