Minerals and Mining Industries Exports Rise 30% in Four Months

Export volume of mine and mining industries sector increased 30% during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 20 - July 20).

During the first four months of the current Iranian year export volume of mining industries passed $2.4 billion while export volume of the last year’s corresponding period reached 1.8$billion.
During the said before period, steel chain, copper and iron ore have the most share of export in this sector respectively so that steel chain reached over 1.1$billion. Also,export share of iron ore and copper were 227 and 373 million dollars respectively.
Minerals and mining industries outputs including steel, copper, zinc, precious metals, various kinds of ferro and molybdenum were exported to the targeted markets.

29% fall in imports

During this period country’s economy witnessed growth in export volume in mine and mining industries sector whereas imports in this sector decreased 29 percent so that it was1.6$billion in the first four months of the last year while decreased to 1.1$billion in the same period in the current Iranian year.
In first four months of the current Iranian year (March20 - July20), the most import share of mine and mining industries sector belonged to steel sector which was about 822$millions of total import share.
After steel, other mineral products and aluminum chain stood at the second and third places by a great gap.
Aluminum import value reached $94 million and the share of mineral products have a $96 million share.
During this period, various kinds of mineral and mining industries products imported to the country including steel, copper and downstream products, zinc, coal and coke, titanium, various kinds of ore, mica etc.

source: imidro