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Iran discloses volume of cement and clinker exported during 5 months

Business Materials 17 September 2019 14:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 17

By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:

Iran has exported 5.48 million tons of cement and clinker during five months (March 21 – August 22) of this Iranian year (March 21, 2019), Secretary of Iran's Cement and Clinker Export Market Abdolreza Sheikhan said.

According to the statistics, clinker export declined by almost 2 percent while cement export by about 17 percent during five months of this Iranian year, compared to the same period of the previous Iranian year, Sheikhan added, Trend reports referring to the Young Journalists Club.

Iran produces about 61 million tons of cement a year, he said.

Sheikhan said that cement production increased by 4.8 percent in Iran during five months of this Iranian year.

The US imposed sanctions on Iran in November 2018 and expanded the list of sanctions in several stages.

The devaluation in Iran last summer resulted in a rise in prices in some sectors.

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