TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) on Saturday reported that over 617,484 tonnes of commodities with a total value of 4 408 million were traded in domestic trading and export halls in the past week (April 1- 7).
The report said that over 302,541 tonnes of mineral and industrial products including 248,631 tonnes of steel, 1,320 tonnes of copper, 2,470 tonnes of aluminum,120 tonnes of molybdenum concentrate and 50,000 tonnes of iron ore concentrate with total value of $237 million were traded in IME domestic and export halls last week.
 And also, it added 313,650 tonnes of various oil and petrochemical products, including 112,500 tonnes of vacuum bottom, 97,695 tonnes of bitumen, 41,578 tonnes of polymeric products, 32,485 tonnes of chemicals, 33,000 tonnes of lube cut, 3,000 tonnes of base oil, 100 tonnes of argon and 1,250 tonnes of sulfur traded on its both domestic and export pits with total value of $169 million were trade in the domestic and export halls of IME last week.
Also, the exchange traded 1,292 tonnes of commodities on its side market.