Export of mining materials up in Iran

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 13

By Elnur Baghishov - Trend:

The export value of mining materials increased by 11.7 percent from March 21 through September 22 of this Iranian year (beginning on March 21, 2019) compared to the same period of last year, Chairperson of the Mining Industry Group of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization Ilaha Mokri said.

“Some 15.8 million tons of mining materials worth $3.89 billion were exported from March 21 through September 22 of this year,” Mokri added, Trend reports referring to the organization’s website.

The chairperson noted that the export volume increased by 27.3 percent.

"During the reporting period, 3.16 million tons of steel bullion worth $1.19 billion were mainly exported," Mokri said.

“The iron ore and concentrate worth $617 million, long steel products worth $575 million, copper cathode worth $263 million and rolled steel products worth $230 million were exported,” the chairperson said.

“Zinc worth $174 million, copper and copper concentrate worth $115 million were exported,” Mokri said. “These products account for 81.5 percent of Iran's mining materials exported from March 21 through September 22.”

“The mining materials worth $1.2 billion were mainly exported to China, the products worth $454 million - to Iraq, the mining materials worth $422 million - to Indonesia, the mining materials worth $302 million - to Thailand, and the products worth $296 million - to Turkey,” the chairperson added.

"The mining materials worth $174 million were exported to Afghanistan, the products worth $144 million - to the UAE, the products worth $125 million - to Oman, the mining materials worth $110 million - to Pakistan, and the products worth $103 million - to Ghana," Mokri said.

The below mentioned table includes Iran's major products and export markets.