BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 19
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
A total of 704,000 tons of goods worth more than 90 trillion rials (about $2.14 billion) were sold at the Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) in the last Iranian week (December 12 through December 17), Trend reports citing the IME’s official website.
However, 868,000 tons of goods worth more than 95.2 trillion rials (about $2.26 billion) were sold at the Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) in the preceding Iranian week (December 5 through December 10).
According to report, 361,000 tons of goods worth about 51.9 trillion rials (about $1.23 billion) were sold in the industrial and mining products section of IME.
"So, 348,000 tons of steel, 9,180 tons of aluminum, 3,440 tons of copper, 120 tons of molybdenum sulfur, 15 tons of precious metal concentrate, 24 kg of gold bars, 500 tons of cast iron were sold in this section," the report said.
In addition, more than 369,000 tons of various oil and petrochemical products worth about 38.9 trillion rials (about $925 million) were sold in the oil and petrochemical products section of IME in the last Iranian week, the report said.
According to the report, 76,500 tons of vacuum bottom, 132,000 tons of bitumen, 64,200 tons of polymeric substances, 38,200 tons of chemicals, 54,400 tons of lube cut, 150 tons of glass facades, 2,470 tons base oil, 50 tons of argon, and 1,300 tons of sulfur were sold in this section.
Furthermore, 700 tons of various products were sold in the submarket section of the exchange.
"At the same time, 22 kilograms of saffron were sold in the agricultural sector of Iran Mercantile Exchange," the report said.