Six years ago, new round of sanctions have been set for Iran and all industries including raw materials, parts, engineering, and after-sales service sectors. Now after six years, history will repeat, but this time for automotive industry .
The private sector in automotive industry developed and grew so fast that they were able to increase their market share in comparison to the last year. However, the question is that why they are not supported?
Renovation of worn-out commercial vehicles has been just started in Iran and suddenly new sanctions came and made number of major foreign companies to leave Iran. What happens to commercial vehicles fleet if Europeans leave Iran’s market?
Automotive industry has the largest share in the country's economic growth in the industrial sector and it is like a powertrain for it. How will United States exit from Iran’s nuclear deal affect this industry?
After Donald Trump’s exit from JCPOA, vehicle importers and market activists believe that if this situation continues, it leads to the exit of foreign investors and importers sooner than expected.
Exchange rate fluctuations made the car deals stop during last week and the market for imported cars is in recession. On the other side, the importers didn’t do anything to make the situation better and there is the possibility that the side markets become more and more active.
After the government announced constant exchange rates for the foreign currencies, still the part manufacturers are having difficulty with it and they are buying their raw materials 30 percent higher than the current exchange rate.
Consider that this year is has been named “Support for Iranian Goods”, it seems that the automotive industry will have prolific and laborious year. Now the question is that what kinds of support does this industry need?
Last week, the minister of industry, mine and trade defended the current 85-step standards and this is while, few weeks ago, two other statesmen said that they will facilitate these standards.
According to the latest report of International Organization of Automobile Manufacturers, American car manufacturers ranked second with 8.13 percent drop. One of the most important reasons for this is the US president’s policies.
According to the latest report of International Organization of Automobile Manufacturers, Iran’s global car manufacturing rank raised and it is now in the sixteenth place in the world.
Less than 10 days remaining until the end of the year. The government promised the part manufacturers to make the situation better for them but nothing have happened indeed.
Every government in Iran have had special plans to achieve a good fuel quality but every year they talked about different excuses like lack of budget, fuel import and lack of infrastructures that didn’t let them to achieve their goal.
Unlike what people think, vehicle pricing by the government prevents the improvement of car qualities and the competitiveness of the automotive industry .
One of the CEOs of Iran’s automobile manufacturing industry talked about the problems of this industry in the Fifth Iran Automotive Industry International Conference, very clearly.
During the last two years, JCPOA had positive effects on Iran’s automotive industry but some believe that this joint comprehensive plan didn’t have any effects on this industry.
It is said that Iran’s basis of automotive part manufacturing industry is too old and needs renovation. A renovation which can prevent the import and smuggle of auto parts.
After the approval of JCPOA, the automotive industry started to count on foreign investments but after two years just three contracts have been inked and there are still lack of foreign investments.