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Iran cement exports increase by 37 percent

Business Materials 20 November 2013 19:22 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20
By Rahim Zamanov - Trend:

Iran exported 11.268 million tons of cement in the first seven months of the current calendar year (which started March 21) surpassed 44.56 million tons, the Industry, Mine, and Trade ministry reported on November 20.

The figure shows a 37 percent increase compared to the same period of time of the previous year, the IRNA News Agency reported.

Abdolreza Sheykhan, an official with the Iranian Cement Producers Association said earlier this month that the some 1.11 million tons of cement and 437,382 tons of clinker were exported in the 7th calendar month (September 23 - October 22), which is over 150 percent more than the same month previous year.

"Iran's cement output in the first seven months of the calendar current year (which started March 21) surpassed 44.56 million tons," he said.

"The figure shows 2 per cent increase compared to the same period of time previous year," the IRNA News Agency quoted Sheykhan as saying.

"Some 43.401 million tons of clinker was also produced in the mentioned period, which is four per cent more than previous year," he said.

Sheykhan went on to note that Iran's cement production in the 7th calendar month (September 23 - October 22) stood at 6.191 million tons.

The IRNA News Agency reported on June 23 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 accounted for 97 per cent of Iran's total cement exports.

Iraq with 63 percent, Azerbaijan with 4 per cent, and Turkmenistan with 7 percent were the main importers of Iranian cement.

Iran's cement and clinker exports stood at over 13.648 million tons in the previous calendar year, which ended March 20.

The country exported over 11.85 million tons of cement and 1.79 million tons of clinker in the mentioned period.

Iran produced 75 million tons of cement in previous year. The country's cement production capacity stands at 80 million tons.

Iran with total production of 65 million tons ranked as the world's third
largest cement producer in 2012.

Industry, Mine and Trade Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari said in August 2012 that the country's cement production capacity will reach 110 million tons by 2015.

The country plans to export over 18.5 million tons of cement in the current Iranian calendar year, Fatemian said.

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