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Iran: Petrochemical Exports Up
Imam Khomeini Port Petrochemical Complex output reached 319,000 tons in the first month of the Iranian year (started March 20, 2010), said the company's official.Hamid Vafaei said the products are exported to 14 Asian and European countries adding that propane, butane, pentane, ethylene, benzene were the main exported products, Moj News Agency wrote.
"The complex exported its products to Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Qatar, Japan, China, South Korea, Singapore, India, Taiwan, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and France," he added.
Imam Khomeini Petrochemical Complex is located on the northwest coast of Persian Gulf. This location has been chosen due to its easy access to feed stokes, the main national roads, railroad network, as well as international waterway.
In the early seventies, National Petrochemical Company (NPC) of Iran and a consortium of Japanese firms signed a joint venture agreement to construct this giant petrochemical complex, under the name of Iran-Japan Petrochemical Company.
Exports from Tabriz Petrochemical Company rose by 67 percent in the first month of new Iranian year (started March 20) in comparison to the same period a year ago.
IRIB quoted the company's Managing Director Azim Abdolnejad Mamaqani as saying that the company exported 5,000 tons of polymer products worth $6.5 million in the mentioned period of time.
He added that Turkey, Switzerland and Australia were the main export destinations.
The company produces about 750,000 tons of polymer products annually.
According to statistics released by National Iranian Petrochemical Company, petrochemical production reached 26.5 million tons in the 2008-09, up 69 percent over 2005 and around 17% percent up on the previous year.
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