Iran gas condensate exports up by 48%

Iran has exported 3.29 million tons of gas condensate valued at $2.918 billion from the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ) in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), marking a 48-percent rise in weight compared to the corresponding period last year.

Director General of the PSEEZ Customs Department Ahmad Pourheidar said on Wednesday that condensate export from the zone also rose by 80 percent in value during the four-month period.
He said gas condensate accounted for 55 percent in weight and 61 percent in value of the entire commodities exported from the PSEEZ, adding that the main destinations for the Iranian condensate were China, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, India, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Turkey, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
Pourheidar further noted that $4.70 billion worth of commodities were exported from the PSEEZ in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year.
The official noted that 5.989 million tons of goods, including low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), gas condensate, propane, butane, benzene, and paraxylene were exported from the energy zone, marking a 19-percent growth in weight and nine-percent rise in value compared to corresponding period in the preceding year.