TEHRAN, Feb. 03 (MNA) – Statistical tables of the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) indicated that totally 7,797,000 tons of steel ingots and products were exported from the country in the first nine months of the current year (from March 21 to Dec. 22), showing a 46 percent growth as compared to the same period of last year.

In this regard, 3,529,000 tons of billet and bloom ingot was exported from the country from March 21 to Dec. 22, showing a 54 percent growth as compared to the last year’s corresponding period.

ISPA put the steel volume exported from the country in the nine months of the previous year at 2,148,000 tons.

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