IME Spot Market Trade Hits $2b in One Month

More than 7.23 million tons of goods worth 599 trillion rials ($2.1 billion) were traded in the spot market of Iran Mercantile Exchange in the last calendar month to April 20. 
This was up 163% in volume and 71% in value, respectively, from the same month the year before, the IME public relations website reported. 
IME is a commodities exchange in Tehran founded in 2006 to host deals in farm, industrial and petrochemical products in the spot and futures markets.