TEHRAN (Fars)- The Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) has announced that around $247mn of various commodities weighting over 404,997 tons were traded in its domestic trading and exports halls in the past working week (May 06-11).
The IME said that over 229,567 tons of various oil and petrochemical products, including 87,243 tons of bitumen, 52,765 tons of polymer products, 34,300 tons of VB feed stock, 19,800 tons of lube cut-oil, 23,091 tons of chemical products, 11,400 tons of sulfur, 350 tons of insulation and 21 tons of base oil and slack wax oil with the total value of $119mln were traded in its domestic and exports halls during the last week.
Moreover,  21,870 tons of various commodities, 9,500 of wheat, 11,125 tons of sugar, 900 tons of crude vegetable oil and 354 tons of maize with total worth of $12mln were traded by the customers in the agricultural trading hall of IME in last week.
Also, 151,750 tons of metal and mineral products, including, 145,440 tons of steel products, 5,370 tons of copper, 760 tons of aluminum and 120 tons of molybdenum concentrate, 60 tons of zinc with the total value of $115mln were traded in the IME domestic and exports halls in the last week.