ehran, Iran, Sept. 12
By Milad Fashtami - Trend:
Iran annually exports 8 to 10 million metric tons of cement to Iraq, said Majid Qorbanifaraz, an official with the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran.
He said Iran supplies nearly half of Iraq's total cement consumption, Iran's Fars News Agency reported on September 12.
"Iraq annually consumes 19 million metric tons of cement, out of which 10-12 million metric tons are produced inside the country and the rest is being imported from Iran," he said.
Iran exported over 8 million metric tons of cement in the first five months of the current year, which started on March 21.
Abdorreza Sheikhan, the secretary of the association of Iranian cement producers, said 981,605 metric tons of cement were exported in the fifth calendar month (July 23-August 22), Iran's IRIB reported on September 7.
Iran exported 18 million metric tons of cement in the last Iranian year (ended March 20).
Iran has successfully started to use railroads to export cement to neighboring and Central Asian countries.
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 account for 97 percent of Iran's total cement exports.
The main importers of Iranian cement are Iraq (63 percent), Azerbaijan (4 percent), and Turkmenistan (7 percent).
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