Kashan's Garment Exports Up by 378%

October 19, 2000 - 0:0
KASHAN, Isfahan Province The Qahroud garments factory in this central city has exported to foreign countries 661,050kg of garments, worth $835,020, since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year 1379 (started March 20), Ahmad Sadeqi, managing director of the factory told IRNA here on Wednesday.
According to Sadeqi, the garments exported shows increases of 378 and 376 percent compared to corresponding figures of the previous year, respectively, in terms of weight and value.
The garments were shipped to Germany, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) via the Tehran Customs Office, he added.
The value of exports made by the factory is expected to reach $2 million by the end of 1379, Sadeqi pointed out.
The Qahroud garments factory which is the only one of its kind in the city of Kashan in this Central Province became operational in 1981. It has a capacity of producing one million pieces of garments per annum and is situated in the village of Qahroud in the district of Qamsar.
(IRNA)