Publish Date: 26 December 2023 - 22:00

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – Iran’s export of gas increased by 139 and 115 percent in value and volume respectively in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2023).

The country exported more than $2 billion worth of gas from March 21 to October 22, 2023, showing a 139 percent hike compared to last year’s corresponding period, according to the statistics of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI).

This is while Iran had exported more than $1 billion worth of gas overseas from March 21 to October 22, 2022, the TPOI added.

The TPOI noted that Iran exported 7.55 million tons of gas in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 to October 22, 2023), registering a 115-percent hike in weight compared to the same period last year.

The value of each ton of Iranian gas, which stood at $304 in 2022, increased to $336 in 2023, showing an 11-percent growth.

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