Baku, Azerbaijan, May 23
By Emil Ilgar - Trend:
Iran has started exporting the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to three African countries, using the ISO tank containers for the first time ever, Esmaeil Hasham-Firouz, the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company's deputy managing director for international affairs, said May 23.
Iran has started the LPG exports to Kenya, South African Republic and Tanzania, he told the Mehr news agency May 23.
Hasham-Firouz added that Iran exported 127,000 tons of LPG last fiscal year, ended on March 20, while the figure is expected to increase in the current fiscal year.
He said that currently Afghanistan and Pakistan are Iran's biggest LPG customers.
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, Hasham-Firouz told Shana on May 14.