San-at va Tos-e-eh,
Journal of the Ministry of Industries: June & July, 1995Summary:
San-at va To-se-eh, the official journal of the Iranian Ministry of Industries, has published for general information, what it considers to be the priorities of investment in Iran.
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Under the title of "Guide to Industrial Investment", we will, henceforth, use these pages to inform the investors, of some of the directions for the expansion of industrial investment, and the corresponding regulations and supports. We are also ready to reply the written common questions of prospective investors. In this issue, some of the investment priorities in various regions of Iran, are listed for general information:
(1) AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION INDUSTRIES
Sugar
The proposed regions are: West Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Khorasan, Fars, Khuzestan (in partnership with the sevenfold sugar projects)
Animal Feed
The proposed region: Khuzestan (using the waste products of the sugar cane factories).
Paper
Proposed region: Khuzestan (using the bagasse produced in the sugar cane factories)
Compressed Wood
Proposed region: Khuzestan (using the rest of the bagasse Surplus obtained from the sugar cane factories)
Single-Cell Protein
Proposed region: Khuzestan (using the molasses obtained from the sugar cane factories)
Yeast
Preferably in those regions where a sugar factory already exists.
Potato Products
Proposed regions: Ardebil, Khorasan, Isfahan, Hamedan, Semnan, Mazandaran, Chahar Mohal and Bakhtiari, Kerman
Flour
Proposed regions: Isfahan, Lorestan, West Azerbaijan, Gilan, Khorasan, East Azerbaijan, Fars, Khuzestan, Kerman, Hamedan, Zanjan, Tehran.
Date Production and Conversion
Examples: packaging, liquid sweetener, animal feed. Proposed regions: Hormozgan, Fars, Khuzestan, Bushehr, Kerman, Semnan, Sistan and Baluchistan.
Nuts Production and Packaging
Proposed regions: West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Khorasan, Kerman, Semnan, Hamedan and Fars.
Dairy Products
Proposed Regions: West Azerbaijan, Ilam, Chahar Mohal and Bakhtiari, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Kermanshah, Semnan, Hamedan, Khorasan, Zanjan and Guilan.
(2) MARINE PRODUCTS AND ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES
Examples: fish powder, canning, breeding and packaging of edible and inedible marine animals (for export), ice making, refrigeration plants and freezing tunnels in coastal provinces.
(3) ORGANIC INTERMEDIARY PRODUCTS
Examples: caprolactames, textile dyes, the ingredients for drugs and medicines, polyesters, L.A.B., polyacetals, methyl acetyl ketones, chlorinated solvents, ion exchanger resins, phenol and acetone, auto- oxylates, organic fertilizer from waste materials, butyl rubber, carboxymethyl-cellulose, diactylephenolate, poly-isobutylene, monochloroacetic acid, petroleum resins, polypropylene, melamine crystals, P.V.C., ethylamines.
(4) INORGANIC INTERMEDIARY PRODUCTS
Examples: refined salt, sodium carbonate, titanium oxide, chromium salts, strontium carbonate and sodium sulfate, aluminum sulfate, decolorizing clay, chromite products, etc.
(5) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Examples: I.C.U. and C.C.U monitoring devices, electrocardiography equipment, electroencephalography equipment, ultrasound imaging equipment, audiometers, C.T. scanners, dental equipment, dental radiography equipment, high-voltage transformers for X-ray equipment, stethoscopes.
(6) POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT
Examples: current and voltage transformer, overload tripping switch, circuit breakers, active and reactive wattmeter, high and intermediate-voltage contacts, high-voltage cables.
(7) GAS DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT
Example: gas regulators.
(8) WATER TREATMENT AND SEWAGE TREATMENT EQUIPMENT
Example: clay pipes, fiber glass pipes, etc.
(9) MACHINE BUILDING INDUSTRIES (WITH EMPHASIS ON THE DESIGN AND ASSEMBLY METHOD)
Examples: machinery and equipment for
- oil, gas, petrochemicals and power plants,
- mining and production of mineral products,
- flour production,
- production of sugar and cube sugar, sugar from sugar canes, liquid sweetener from dates,
- assembly line production of dairy and cheese,
- assembly line production of canned food and fruits, fruit concentrates,
- desiccation line in food or conversion industries,
- agriculture and irrigation,
- packaging and sorting,
- tea production,
- water and sewage treatment,
- small scale petrochemical-related industries.
