According to the International Stone Exhibition of Iran, Mohsen Salehinia added: "Just as last year about 1,500 industrial units were returned to the production cycle, this year, despite some restrictions, including sanctions and the spread of corona, such numbers can be And repeated figures.

He added: "Last year, various support units were shut down to revive and return industrial units to the production cycle, so we were able to have about 1,400 inactive industrial units located in towns and industrial areas across the country." Activate.

Recalling the diversity of products revived in industrialized towns and industrial areas over the past year, Salehnia explained: "Among the industrial units that have been activated, we can refer to various industries, including electricity, electronics, services, cellulose, chemical, food, He mentioned metal, non-metallic and textile minerals; The revival of industrial units comes at a time when many believe that with the sanctions in place, many industrial units will be shut down.

He continued: "With the return of industrial units, it cannot be said that sanctions have been ineffective on the activities of industrial units in industrial cities, however all our efforts are to create conditions with support packages for producers to produce better."

The chairman and CEO of the Small Industries and Industrial Towns Organization of Iran emphasized on whether the process of reactivation of industrial units could continue this year despite the corona virus: "Our goal this year is to have 1,000 And activate five hundred inactive industrial units located in towns and industrial areas; However, we need financial resources to return them to the economic space.

Salehnia said that the closed industrial units had been identified and that the necessary goal had been set for them. "Facilities will be provided to the closed units in the form of" technical and credit assistance "or" reconstruction and modernization of industries "," he said. Get; In addition, through the complication of finding industrial units, providing counseling services, meeting their needs and solving their problems, holding training courses and industrial tours, measures will be taken to reactivate them.

Twenty-seven new industrial estates will be built

The Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade continued: "This year, the development of industrial estates is considered and we have decided to neutralize sanctions in the country's economy with such solutions, so this year twenty-seven towns and industrial zones will be opened across the country." In addition, the construction of a border industrial town with Azerbaijan is underway; With the construction of such an industrial town, the activities of traders will be easier, because they can pursue exports with better conditions.

Salehnia also explained about the production situation of industrial units in industrial towns and added: forty-four thousand eight hundred and ninety-two industrial units have been put into operation in towns and industrial areas all over the country, of which thirty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty. Fourteen industrial units (equivalent to seventy-eight percent) with the employment of seven hundred and thirty two thousand nine hundred and thirty people (equivalent to eighty-one percent) and the number of ten thousand and seventy-eight industrial units (equivalent to twenty-two percent) with employment. One hundred and seventy-one thousand four hundred and forty-eight people (equivalent to nineteen percent) are inactive.

He added: out of thirty-four thousand eight hundred and fourteen industrial units located in towns and industrial areas, fourteen thousand and one hundred and fifty-six industrial units with a capacity of less than fifty percent and eleven thousand six hundred and forty-three units Industries with a capacity of between fifty and seventy percent and nine thousand and fifteen industrial units with a capacity of over seventy percent are operating.

The Chairman and CEO of the Small Industries and Industrial Towns Organization of Iran said: "Extensive investment has been made in industrial towns so that economic activists can invest and develop their activities, so that the amount of investment in towns and industrial areas so far is one million and nine hundred." And it was forty-two thousand and one hundred billion rials.

Salehiania clarified about the problems of industrial units that have been shut down or have been reduced to production: all cases have been identified and by solving five major challenges, industrial units can be helped.

He announced: seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight industrial units due to lack of liquidity (seventy-seven percent), one thousand six hundred and six industrial units due to lack of market (sixteen percent), three hundred and eighteen industrial units due to disputes. Partners (three percent), two hundred and forty-four industrial units were closed due to the supply of raw materials (three percent) and one hundred and twenty-two industrial units were closed due to lack of machinery (one percent); Therefore, it is necessary for us to move towards solving these challenges.

Six percent of exports

The Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade announced: Last year, the value of the country's total exports was forty-one billion three hundred and seventy million dollars, of which two and four billion dollars, equivalent to five and eight percent of the country's total exports related to industrial units. Small and medium-sized have been active in industrial estates; From now on, we are planning to increase this share this year.

Production leaps in industrial estates

Salehnia added: "For this year, in addition to targeting the development of exports, a jump in production has also been considered; Because in practice and with the growth of production, sanctions can be ineffective.

He added: "Several programs have been defined, and we hope that a significant part of them will be operational this year." Therefore, in order to leap in production, programs such as activating 1,500 production units, implementing a national garment development plan in rural areas, empowering five hundred potential subcontractors to link with large industries in ten priority areas, supporting the development of forty clusters. Work is underway to complete ten ongoing clusters, conduct studies to create at least three integrated industrial estates using private sector capacity, redesign small industrial structures using the capacity of manufacturing guilds and build substations, and supply water to industrial towns and areas.

The CEO of the Small Industries and Industrial Towns Organization of Iran emphasized: The wear and tear of machinery is the main reason for the low productivity of industrial units, and if we move towards modernization and upgrading of industrial units, production will have better conditions.

Regarding the process of modernization of industrial units in industrial towns, Salehnia explained: If the necessary funds are allocated in the next two years, to increase the sustainable capacity of twelve thousand nine hundred industrial units, renovation and reconstruction of four thousand five hundred and eight industrial units and reopening of two thousand Five hundred and eight industrial units located in industrial towns and areas are planned.

The Chairman and CEO of the Small Industries and Industrial Towns Organization of Iran stated about the number of stagnant, semi-active and under construction industrial units in industrial towns: In general, currently thirty-four thousand eight hundred and fourteen active industrial units and ten thousand and seventy And there are eight inactive industrial units in towns and industrial areas, and our goal this year is to bring back inactive units, and we urge investors to reconcile with the industry and make sure the government supports all producers.

* ILNA