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Saipa exports 4,000 automobiles since March

LONDON, Oct 31 (IranMania) - 'Saipa' vehicle manufacturing company exported over 4,300 automobile in the first seven months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), the company`s public relation department said Saturday.
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It is estimated in the current Iranian year over 900,000 vehicles will be produced in the country needing close to rls 60,000 bln of capital. For the country as a whole, automobiles valued at dlrs 150 mln were exported last year, mostly to Central Asian states, and Arab countries. Implementing provisions to increase quality of produced vehicles and better after-sell services are the sector`s objective for the current year.

Iran produced over 187,135 light and heavy vehicles in the first quarter of this Year Industry and Mines Ministry`s Public Relations Department said in September. "Of the figure 165,000 are automobiles with the rest consisting of heavy and semi-heavy trucks." Also the number of automobiles manufactured were 52,500 `Pride` models, followed by `Paykan` with 31,100 cars and `Peugeot-405 injection` with 19,500 cars.

In the same period 15,890 vans, 169 mini-buses, 971 buses and 5,171 trucks were also manufactured in the country, the ministry reported. Iran also plans to export dlrs 150 mln worth of automobiles by the end of the year and dlrs one billion in four years.

In the current year three models of Mercedes-Benz are scheduled to roll-off the production line. The country`s car exports are slated to top dlrs 350 million next year.