TEHRAN – The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) on Saturday reported that around 1,977,000 tonnes of commodities with a total trading value of more than 519 million traded in its domestic trading and exports halls in the past working week, which in terms of volume and value show a growth of 6% and 16% respectively.
The IME said that 1,693,000 tonnes of metal and mineral products, including 1,000,275 tonnes of cement, 345,240 tonnes of steel, 81,000 tonnes of iron ore, 35,500 tonnes of sponge iron, 12,510 tonnes of copper, 10,275 tonnes of aluminum, 1,600 tonnes of zinc and 21 tonnes of precious metals concentrate with total value of $334 million were traded in the IME domestic and exports halls in the last week.
The report added that over 275,000 tonnes of various oil and petrochemical products, including 86,042 tonnes of polymeric products, 51,000 tonnes of vacuum bottom, 51,000 tonnes of lube cut, 46,980 tonnes of bitumen, 36,607 tonnes of chemicals, 3,795 tonnes of base oil and 1,309 tonnes of sulfur with total value of $181 million were traded in the IME domestic and exports halls in the last week
Last but not least was the IME’s side market with 8,464 tonnes of commodities traded on it.