Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 16
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
Iran has exported over 11.79 million metric tons of cement and clinker during the first seven months of the current Iranian fiscal year (March 21-Oct. 22).
Secretary of Iran's Cement Industry Employers Association, Abdolreza Sheikhan said about 8.1 million metric tons of cement and 3.667 million metric tons of clinker was exported in the mentioned period, Iran's official IRIB news agency reported Nov. 16.
Sheikhan added that around 32.5 million metric tons of the country's total cement output was distributed in domestic markets during the first six months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22).
The Islamic Republic produced 41.64 million metric tons of cement in the first seven months of the current Iranian fiscal year.
Iran's Industry, Mines and Trade Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh forecasted that the country's cement export will hit 120 million metric tons per year by 2025.
Iran exported over 20 million metric tons of cement during the last fiscal year (ended on March 21), according to Nematzadeh.
The official IRNA news agency reported last June that Iran currently exports cement to 24 countries, including Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Oman, India, and China.
Seven countries out of the mentioned 24, account for 97 percent of Iran's total cement exports.
The main importers of Iranian cement are Iraq (63 percent), Azerbaijan (4 percent), and Turkmenistan (7 percent).