Baku, Azerbaijan, May 14
By Emil Ilgar - Trend:
Iran has started exporting the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Africa using the ISO tank containers for the first time ever, SHANA reports.
African customers asked Iran to deliver LPG to them using the ISO tank containers as they don't have the needed facilities to receive the LPG cargos delivered on ships, Esmaeil Hasham-Firouz, the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) deputy managing director for international affairs, said May 14.
He said Iran has already exported several LPG cargoes by this way to Africa, but he didn't mention the volume or the value of the exported LPG.
According to the official statistics, Iran exported 130,000 tons of LPG in total during the first month of the current fiscal year which started on March 21.
This volume is more than the country's total LPG exports during the last fiscal year, which stood at 127,000 tons.