Iranian cement factories have exported over 17.5 million tons of their products to international markets in the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2014- February 19, 2015), the trade ministry announced.
More than 67 percent of the exported bulk was cement and the rest clinker.
The Iranian factories have the capacity to produce 80 million tons of cement and clinker per year.
Iran’s share of world cement production in the year 2013 was 1.87%.
China with 2 billion and 300 million tons of cement production in 2013 ranked first, and India and the US with 230 and 77 million tons in that year ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Iran exported cement to 24 countries including Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, the UAE, Georgia, Oman, India, and China in 2013.
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