Cement factories in Fars Province exported 285,700 tons of the construction material worth $11.7 million in the five months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), registering a 134% and 86% growth in export volume and value respectively compared with last year’s corresponding period, according to Fars Province’s Industries, Mining and Trade Organization. Iraq, Afghanistan, the UAE and Kuwait were the main export destinations, IRNA reported. Nine out of 71 cement plants across Iran are located in the southern Fars Province, annually producing 5.7 million tons of the total domestic output of 75 million tons.
