Iran’s H1 textile products exports rise to 188k tons
Iran exported 188,000 tons of textile products, clothing, leather bags, and shoes in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21–September 22), which shows an eight percent growth compared to the same period last year.
Director General of the Clothing and Textile Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade Mohsen Gorji announced the above in a press conference Monday on the occasion of holding an exhibition of textile, clothing, shoes, bags, and leather industry scheduled for October 15–18 in Tehran, IRNA reported.
The official said the country exported 174,000 tons of textile products, clothing, leather bags, and shoes during the six months to September 22, 2022.
He put the value of the mentioned exported goods during the first six months of the current year at $368 million, six percent more than the related figure of the preceding year, which was $345 million.
The export share of this industry was $368 million in the first 6 months of the current Iranian calendar year, which has recorded a growth of 6% compared to the same period last year, which was $345 million.
“Last year, a 17.3% growth was registered in the textile industry of Iran while a 7.5% growth was recorded in the clothing and bag industry, which is the result of the efforts of Iranian artisans and their related unions.”
Gorji noted that his ministry makes every endeavor to conduct regulation and coordination to facilitate further growth.
Stating that the textile and clothing industry is growing in Iran, he said it is prohibited to import finished products of the industry. However, he added, in the field of raw materials and intermediates, the needs of producers are partly met through imports.
Smuggle stands at $3.5b
A member of the Board of Directors of Iran’s Textile and Apparel Production and Export Union announced in the press conference that the value of smuggled clothing is close to $3.5 billion per annum, which has created problems for the producers of the industry.
Majid Eftekhari said, “In the past, clothing used to be smuggled into the country from Turkey in a traditional way. Later, it mostly came from Bangladesh. And now, there is smuggling from China and Pakistan.”
Maintaining that the clothing industry is the driving force of the entire textile chain, he said the industry has the highest added value with high employment generation for Iran.