More than 11.7 million tons of cement was exported during the first seven months of the current Iranian year, which started March 21, Mehr news quoted the ministry of industry, mine, and trade as reporting on Sunday. Out of the figure, 3,667,131 tons was clinker. During the Iranian month of Mehr, which ended October 22, 1,061,000 tons of cement and 6,193,210 tons of clinker were exported. During the first half of the year, over 32.5 million tons of cement was domestically consumed. Iran is currently the third producer of cement in the world after China and India and produced over 75 million tons of the product in 2013. Cement prices in the country were liberalized in 2008.
