The output of four major commercial vehicle producers registered growth in the first month of the current fiscal year (March 21-April 20) compared with the same month of last year.
According to statistics published by commercial manufacturers, Iran Khodro Diesel had the highest turnover in the public sector and Bahman Diesel was its competitor in the private sector.
Zamyad company, one of SAIPA’s commercial producers, produced three models of pickup trucks, namely Nissan, Padra and a model called Pickup, during the month. The company manufactured 2,750 Nissan, 2 Padra and 28 Pickups in the month ending April 20. The company produced 2,124 Nissan and 49 Padra pickup trucks in the corresponding month of the year before, the Persian automobile daily Donaye Khodro reported.
The company also sold 1,654 Nissan, 49 Padra and 45 Pickup trucks during the month to April 20.
SAIPA Diesel, the heavy vehicle subsidiary of SAIPA, manufactured 62 heavy trucks and sold 23 trucks in the first fiscal month.
This is while the company produced and sold 96 heavy trucks in the same month of last year.
It did not produce any semi-trucks in the month ending April 20, while it manufactured and sold 18 semi-trucks in the corresponding month of the previous fiscal year.
Iran Khodro Diesel’s output of buses, heavy trucks, vans and pickup trucks also registered growth during the month ending April 20.
The company produced 632 heavy trucks, of which 70 were sold in the first fiscal month. This is while a total of 439 heavy trucks were produced and only 1 heavy truck was sold in the same month of last year.
This commercial producer manufactured 240 vans and pickup trucks in the month under review, of which 30 were sold. Iran Khodro Diesel produced and sold 96 and 19 vans and pickup trucks in the corresponding month of last year, respectively.
The company also produced a total of 33 buses in the first month of the Iranian year.
Bahman Diesel produced four models of commercial and heavy vehicles during the period, including 6-ton and 5-ton semi-trucks, minibuses and heavy trucks.
The company manufactured 234 6-ton semi-trucks, 11 5-ton semi-trucks, 26 minibuses and 131 heavy trucks during the first fiscal month.
This is while the private sector’s commercial producer manufactured 62 6-ton semi-trucks, 5 5-ton semi-trucks, 21 minibuses and 36 heavy trucks.
Annual Vehicle Output Tops 1.3m
The production of domestic vehicles (including heavy, commercial and passenger cars) reached 1.348 million in the fiscal 2022-23 (ended March 21), registering a 40% growth compared with the previous year, according to the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade’s Automotive Industry Office.
“The highest growth in car production in the last 12 years was recorded in the fiscal 2014-15 and fiscal 2022-23. The only difference in car output in those years is that the assembly of completely knocked down products was undertaken by Iran’s two largest car manufacturers in the fiscal 2014-15,” Abdollah Tavakkoli Lahijani was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Noting that 105,000 unfinished cars were completed in the previous fiscal year, he added that the production of complete cars by the two largest carmakers stood at 961,000 vehicles during the period, registering a 479% growth compared with the previous year.
“In the past year, 95% of the vehicles were produced as completed products, while only 20% of completed cars were produced in the fiscal 2021-22 and a majority of cars had a deficit of parts,” he said.
“The highest monthly output since the beginning of the international sanctions in the fiscal 2018-19 belonged to the 11th month of the previous fiscal [Jan. 21-Feb. 19] with 133,000 vehicles.”
The official stated that 1.1 million vehicles were delivered by the two manufacturers in the previous fiscal year, registering a 31% growth compared with last year when delivery stood at 838,000 vehicles.
Tavakkoli announced that 195,000 cars were produced by the private sector, registering a 103% growth compared with the previous fiscal year.
“The share of the private sector in car production amounted to 15% in the fiscal 2022-23, which indicates a threefold increase,” he said.
Passenger car output hit 1.07 million during the period under review, registering a 13% rise compared with the previous year.
The output of pickup trucks reached 125,000 vehicles, registering a 56% year-on-year growth compared with last year.
Van production amounted to 3,000 vehicles during the period, up 267% year-on-year.
Minibus and bus production stood at 2,500 vehicles, showing a rise of 44% compared with the previous fiscal.
The production of heavy vehicles hit 34,000 vehicles during the period to register a 150% YOY growth.
Also, the production of motorcycles grew by 61% YOY to stand at 450,000 vehicles in the year under review.
