5,400 idle industrial units resume production
A total of 5,400 idle industrial units have resumed production since the current Iranian government assumed office in August 2021, an official at the Industry, Mine and Trade Ministry said Wednesday.
According to Ali Karimpour Natanzi, the executive officer of the government’s taskforce to relaunch inactive plants and factories, said 118,000 labor force restarted their work after the dormant units, IRNA reported.
“There are currently 52,000 inactive units across the country, of which 12,000 are in industrial zones,” Natanzi said.
According to the official, lack of investment is the main challenge that the country’s industrial manufacturing units are facing.
In the past few years, many of these units have been struggling with financial issues as well as procuring raw materials, so that, many have been forced to shut down or scale back their operations