Iran: Iran has exported over 11.79Mt of cement and clinker during the first seven months of the current Iranian fiscal year, a period spanning 21 March 2014 to 22 October 2014. The Secretary of Iran's Cement Industry Employers Association, Abdolreza Sheikhan said that 8.1Mt of cement and 3.6Mt of clinker was exported.
Sheikhan added that around 32.5Mt of the country's total cement output was distributed in domestic markets during the first six months of the current fiscal year. Iran produced 41.6Mt of cement in the first seven months of the Iranian fiscal year. It exported over 20Mt of cement during the previous fiscal year.
Iran's Industry, Mines and Trade Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh has forecast that the country's cement export will hit 120Mt/yr by 2025.