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Iran exports first diesel consignment to Tajikistan

Business Materials 2 February 2016 15:57 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 2

By Fatih Karimov - Trend:

Iran sent the first diesel consignment to Tajikistan, an official with the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) said.

Following the months of negotiations the first consignment including 2.9 million liters of diesel was exported to Tajikistan, Mohammad Mehdi Gharaei said, Mehr news agency reported Feb. 2.

Now Tajikistan is the third destination for Iran's diesel exports after Afghanistan and Iraq.

The official further forecasted that the demand for Iran's diesel will increase in the future.

The NIOPDC earlier announced that it is seeking new markets for exports of extra oil products.

Iran used to feed its power plants with diesel and fuel oil but later replaced them with gas, which caused the country to save liquid fuel, including diesel.

The Islamic Republic exported five million liters of diesel per day during the ten-month period from March 21, 2015. Iran stopped diesel imports in 1998, but then became a net diesel importer in 2005 until early 2015.

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