Manufacturing industry which ranks as the third according to the sectoral distribution of the registered employment in Iğdır has been under development with the effect of urbanization recently. Manufacturing facilities are located in industrial site, organized industrial site (OIS) or outside of both. Largely the manufacturing facilities are seen to start to be located within OIS. Iğdır OIS which is 24 km away from Iğdır is an industrial region consisting of 105 industrial parcels and of which infrastructure and superstructure have been mostly completed thanks to the financial supports of the Ministry and Development Agency. The number of investors interested in Iğdır OIS during the last 3 years have significantly increased and it has turned out to be the leading province which has been provided with investment incentive document in the manufacturing area in its own region.

Since all permit and license activities are carried out over a single authority (OIS Directorate) in OIS, its infrastructure and superstructure are ready, the establishments in OIS are given priority in investment incentives and supports and such processes proceed fast, investors prefer OIS mostly. There are adequate amount of opportunity in land to be allocated for the investors of Iğdır OIS.



Sub-sectors of which production is/to be carried out in Iğdır OSI;

Milk and dairy products,

Appetizer-conserve-jam,

Chocolate,

Metal products,

Elevator,

Wood products,

Construction materials,

Chemicals,

Natural stone,

Pumice concrete,

Plastics,

Textile and ready-made garments.

The industrial site is an are which was established in 1971 and consists of 317 shops. Largely activities of auto-maintenance and repair are carried out however PVC, furniture, wood and metal works are carried out as well.

The facilities which are not located in OIS or industrial site were established with the aim of being close to the raw material resources (pumice-pumice concrete) or being close to city center (textile). The permits required for the facilities to be established within this area is provided either from municipality or special provincial administration based on the authorization.

According to the results of the research on the suitable investment areas in Iğdır conducted by SERKA, the suitable areas to be invested in industry sector are as follows:

Biogas production,
Silage packaging plant
Halva, Turkish delight, jam and marmalade production,
Metal products production,
Dairy products processing plant,
Packaging Material Production
Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing
Raw Vegetables-Fruit Packaging
Brick/Pumice Concrete (Pumice Processing) Production
Cleansing Materials
Furniture Production
Tomato Sauce and Conserve Production Factory
Fruit Conserve Production Factory
Electrical Household Appliances
Plastic Goods
Knitting and Outift Production