TEHRAN: Iran exported 4.614 million tonnes of crude steel during the nine month period ended on December 21, with 80% rise from 2.565 million tonnes in the same period of time in the preceding year. Iranian Steel Producers Association announced that the country’s crude steel output witnessed a 16% growth in the mentioned nine-month period and stood at 16.073 million tonnes.
Iran’s crude steel output stood at 18.466 million tonnes in the past Iranian calendar year 1395 (ended on March 20, 2017), showing 11% rise from 16.656 million tonnes in 1394. The country exported 5.5 million tonnes of crude steel in the past year, with 27% increase from the figure of its preceding year.
According to the latest report released by World Steel Association, Iran produced 21.7 million tonnes of steel in 2017, which showed 21.4% rise in comparison with 17.8 million tonnes in 2016.
Among the 66 studied countries by the international association, Iran is named as the 14th producer of steel across the globe, the same report confirmed. It is predicted that the country will reach the 13th place in 2018 in steel production. Iranian Steel Producers Association’s Secretary Rasoul Khalifeh-Soltan believes that while the country’s steel industry’s growth has been 5.7% on average in the recent years, the figure can reach 10% this year, given the promising condition the sector enjoys at present.
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