Iran has produced 19.312 million tons of cement during the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2013), which is a seven-percent rise compared to the same three-month period in the previous year.

The Islamic Republic produced 18,502 million tons of clinker in spring 2013. The figure rose by two percent compared to the same period in the past year.

Iran exported over three million tons of cement and clinker in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year. The country plans to export 12 million tons of cement this year.

Iran is projected to increase its cement output to 75 million tons by the end of the year, and then boost its cement output to 85 million tons by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (starts March 21, 2014).

In December 2012, Iranian Deputy Industry, Mine, and Trade Minister Vajiollah Ja’fari said Iran will become the world’s third largest cement producer once its annual output reaches 115 million tons.

Iranian Industry, Mine and Trade Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari said in August 2012 that the country’s cement production capacity will reach 110 million tons by 2015.

Iran exported cement to 24 countries including Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Oman, India, and China in the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20, 2013).

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